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The Letter to the Romans is Paul's masterpiece. In 52 weekly chapters Simon Ponsonby brings Paul's greatest letter to life.

Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction 9
1. The Journey Begins 14
2. A Life-Changing Letter 23
3. Meeting Paul 30
4. The Gospel (1:2–7) 38
5. Apostolic Apps (1:8–16) 47
6. Concerning His Son (1:3) 55
7. Harvests and Hindrances (1:13) 61
8. The Gospel for Christians (1:15) 68
9. Going for God’s Gospel (1:16–17) 78
10. The God Who Would Be Known (1:18–21) 86
11. Wicked is as Wicked Does (1:18–32) 95
12. The Spiral of Sin (1:18–32) 102
13. The Conscience Compass (2) 111
14. Judgment Day (2:1–16) 119
15. I’m a Jew on the Inside (2:17 – 3:4) 126
16. Even if You are Faithless, God Remains Faithful (3:3) 134
17. The Righteousness of God (3:21–26) 142
18. Faith Alone in Christ Alone (3:21–31) 150
19. My Father Abraham (4) 158
20. The Gospel of Love (5:5–8) 165
21. Heaven’s Hoi Polloi (5:12–21) 172
22. Go, Sin No More (6) 179
23. Red, Amber, Green (6:11–13) 187
24. The Law of Sinai and the Law of Sin (7:1–6) 195
25. Laws at War (7:14–25) 205
26. Two Propositions, Two Prepositions (8:1–4) 214
27. The Spirit of Holiness (8:4–11) 221
28. A Father to the Fatherless (8:14–17) 228
29. The Spirit of Adoption (8:14–17) 236
30. The Privileges of a Prince (8:17–30) 243
31. God is For Us (8:31) 252
32. Longing, Belonging, Prolonging (9) 262
33. Paul’s Type of Christian (10) 271
34. Good News for Whom? (10) by Joseph Steinberg 279
35. For the Jew First (11:11, 14) 287
36. Making Jews Jealous (11:11, 14) 298
37. Holocaust Memorial (11:26) 309
38. Living Sacrifices in a Lust-Soaked Society (12:1) 320
39. Boiled Frog or Frog Prince? (12:2) 331
40. God’s Fire Service (12:11) 339
41. Ablaze with the Spirit (12:11) 346
42. Charisms and Character (12:3–6) 354
43. God and Politics (13:1–7) 362
44. Get Up and Get Dressed (13:8–14) 370
45. Don’t Get Edgy with the Veggie (14:1–11) 377
46. Risen and Reigning (14:9) 385
47. Super-Size, Super-Skinny, Super-Spiritual (14:17) 394
48. My Word, God’s Word! (15:4) 403
49. An Ordinary Priest (15:15–21) 411
50. Give It Up (15:20–29) 421
51. Is Christianity Male? (16:1–7) 429
52. Benedictus Benedicat (15:5, 13, 33; 16:25–27) 440
Notes 450
Bibliography 470

About the Author

Simon Ponsonby is an international author, speaker and theologian based at St Aldate's Oxford, where he leads a School of Theology. He is author of several books.