Romans

There are some matters that a well-rehearsed and repeated Bible verse won’t fix.

Romans 6:3 is strange. A lot of pastors have it memorized.

What if all the energy we spent on taming the flesh were channeled toward loving the world?

What if all the energy we spent on taming the flesh were channeled toward loving the world?

I fear we may reject the justification metaphor too quickly and understand it too shallowly.

Theology as a love letter to God

I preached a word of judgment. The stranger in the back row heard grace.

I'm always amused when folk are keen enough to notice the worship whiplash to which the tradition so often subjects them.

It’s troubling to imagine the Son of man arriving with criminal intent.

What the Bible doesn't say about hell

Struck down but not destroyed, perplexed but not forsaken

Struck down but not destroyed, perplexed but not forsaken

Baptism is about dying with Christ. Why don't more churches talk about this?

Daniel Hawk avoids easy responses to violence in the Bible—but then enters some troubling territory.

Paul encourages his readers to trust an outcome they cannot yet see.

Paul encourages his readers to trust an outcome they cannot yet see.

Paul encourages his readers to trust an outcome they cannot yet see.

Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.

Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.