Romans: A Theological Commentary (Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible)
Overview
For centuries, the apostle Paul’s reflections in the book of Romans have shaped Christian thinking about the gospel of Jesus Christ and how we can be faithful to the gospel. Key theologians including Augustine, Luther, Wesley, and Barth have wrestled with Romans and listened to it, understanding it in relation to questions of their own times. In her theological commentary, Sarah Heaner Lancaster helps us hear Romans anew for today. She considers major elements such as the old and new perspectives on Paul, justification, the relation of Jews and Christians, Empire, and disagreements in the church. Lancaster helps us recognize the importance of the letter during the time it was written, as well as its ongoing meanings now. Paul’s insights go beyond the pragmatic to the theological, which gives Romans its enduring significance and ongoing value. Lancaster’s excellent commentary helps us for preaching, teaching, and worship to hear Paul’s message afresh and to be strengthened and challenged in our Christian faith.
Top Highlights
“John Wesley called people with this kind of forgetfulness ‘practical atheists, as have not God in all their thoughts” (Page 134)
“Paul’s message that we may trust our trustworthy God is always timely. How we enact that trust in the twenty-first century is the question we must explore in preaching, teaching, and worship. Listening to what Paul had to say about that question in the first century is surprisingly helpful for beginning to think about it in the twenty-first century.” (Page 14)
“else will succeed in separating us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Page 153)
- Title: Romans (Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible)
- Author: Sarah Heaner Lancaster
- Edition: First edition
- Series: Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible
- Publisher: Westminster John Knox
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. Romans › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9780664232610, 0664232612
- Resource ID: LLS:BELIEFROMANS
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-01-16T23:02:56Z