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Resurrection is not the same as reviving the dead. A number of people have been revived according to biblical stories, such as Lazarus or...

Paul says that we exist in two worlds simultaneously. We live in the Old Reality where Sin and Death reign and human beings are...

Since before time, God has been for us—completely for us, for all of us, invested enough to take on our condition and lift us up out of...

We generally learn about life through the window of our experiences. We discover things about relationships, health issues, career...

"Truly, truly I say to you,  unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,  it remains alone;  but if it dies, it bears much...

In my earliest days of being a follower of Christ—I was a college student—I was a devoted reader and learner of the writings of Paul. But...

This is the introduction to The Law of the Spirit of Life: A Concise, Practical Commentary on Romans 5-8 . I am writing the book here on...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

The central message of Christianity is supposed to be Divine Love, but all Christianity's auditors hear is Divine Judgment.