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Paul once said to a community he founded, "I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a...

I will be posting a full commentary on Romans 5-8 here on "Reimagining Paul." My plan is to publish this as a concise, handy paperback...

In Part 1 , I explained how I first discovered the works of Douglas Campbell by accident while at a Society of Biblical Literature...

With unseen power, a seed breaks through the soil. A flourishing plant, starting from almost nothing, builds itself from minerals in the...

The common reading of Paul—which we are calling justification theory or the justification Gospel—is based on 10% of his writings (this is...

I'm going to produce a concise little commentary on Romans 5-8—something in a convenient format and (if I decide to print paper books) a...

Imagine a life in which the Omnipotent Deity will save you if you can successfully high jump a five-foot bar or if you can perfectly sing...

It's tragic. Pretty much no one understands Romans 1-4 and so by the time readers get to Romans 5-8, their eyes are glazed over. If Bible...

I mention a scholar frequently here at Reimagining Paul: Douglas Campbell, professor of New Testament at Duke University. I did not study...

It's quite common for religious people to act as though they have to convince friends and loved ones to believe in God and in Jesus...

In the classical period in which Paul lived, interpretation of texts was a bit more creative and less technical than we see in our...

It may seem strange to talk about Jesus having faith. Isn't Jesus God the Son? Why would he need faith? This relates to one of the key...

Preface: I used to write and deliver sermons regularly in a previous phase of life. Like many who have been pastors, I spoke hundreds of...

Does the Gospel come at a reduced price or is it free? Although Christians will talk about "God's gift of salvation," the shocking truth...

When it comes to societal culture—or even individual human nature—is there such a thing as normal? Insanity is, perhaps, a spectrum. Case...

How did things get so confused? It's the Gospel, right? It's basic, foundational, well-known. Or is it? How did we muddle our image of...