For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh. (Rom 9:3, NRSV translation) In his longest letter, written to “all God’s beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints”, Paul mounts a long and detailed case … Continue reading Praying to be cursed: Paul, the passionate partisan for the cause (Rom 9:3; Pentecost 10A)