Romans

This page (still under construction) contains links to various posts, sermons, and other writings related to the book of Romans.

Peaceable Romans—A series of blogposts

1. What is Paul good for?—September 1, 2021
2. Reading Paul in light of Old Testament social conflict—January 10, 2022
3. Paul’s critique of idolatry, part 1: The political temptation—January 17, 2022
4. Paul’s critique of idolatry, part 2: The religious temptation—January 24, 2022
5. Paul’s critique of idolatry, part 3: Liberation from idolatry—January 31, 2022
6. The politics of Paul and the way of Jesus, part 1—February 18, 2022
7. The politics of Paul and the way of Jesus, part 2—February 22, 2022
8. Paul’s antidote to Empire: A peaceable reading of Romans (part 1; 1:1-17)—February 28, 2022
9. How empires go wrong: A peaceable reading of Romans (part 2; 1:16-32)—March 7, 2022
10. How faith communities go wrong: A peaceable reading of Romans (part 3; 2:1-19)—March 10, 2022
11. Mercy all the way down: A peaceable reading of Romans (part 4; 3:1-31)—March 21, 2022
12. Abraham’s gospel: A peaceable reading of Romans (part 5; 4:1-25)—April 4, 2022

Various posts related to Romans and peace, from the most recent to the oldest

What does Romans 13 actually teach?—June 18, 2018

Why it is important to recognize that Paul does not write about “homosexuality”—October 4, 2017

The Mennonite failure to find common ground on LGBTQ inclusion: An appendix on Romans 1:26-27—August 28, 2017

A note of Romans 13 and Christian “warism”—November 30, 2015

Salvation and the way of peace: Romans and Revelation—January 22, 2014

Does Paul agree with Jesus about salvation?—December 23, 2011

Romans 13 supports pacifism!—May 1, 2011