Ruminating on Romans

Now that we have finished the sequence of passages from Romans, as the Epistle reading offered each week by the lectionary, I thought it might be helpful to post this collection of posts about this letter.

The righteous-justice of God, a gift to all humanity (Romans; Year A)

The best theology is contextual: learning from Paul’s letter to the Romans (Year A)

Descended from David according to the flesh (Rom 1; Advent 4A)

Reckoning what is right (Romans 4; Lent 2A) part one

Reckoning what is right (Romans 4; Lent 2A) part two

https://johntsquires.com/2023/06/14/we-have-obtained-access-to-this-grace-romans-5-pentecost-3a/

https://johntsquires.com/2023/03/09/righteous-by-faith-and-at-peace-with-god-rom-5-lent-3a/

https://johntsquires.com/2023/04/26/christ-died-for-us-reflections-on-sacrifice-and-atonement/

https://johntsquires.com/2023/06/21/dead-to-sin-and-alive-to-god-romans-6-pentecost-4a/

https://johntsquires.com/2023/07/06/paul-and-the-law-sin-and-the-self-rom-7-pentecost-6a/

https://johntsquires.com/2023/07/11/paul-the-law-of-the-spirit-and-life-in-the-spirit-rom-8-pentecost-7a/

https://johntsquires.com/2023/07/18/paul-the-spirit-of-adoption-and-the-abba-father-prayer-rom-8-pentecost-8a/

Sighs too deep for words: Spirit and Scripture in Romans (Rom 8; Pentecost 9A)

Praying to be cursed: Paul, the passionate partisan for the cause (Rom 9:3; Pentecost 10A)

A deeper understanding of God, through dialogue with “the other” (Romans 10; Pentecost 11A)

God has not rejected his people. All Israel will be saved. (Rom 11; Pentecost 12A)

https://johntsquires.com/2023/08/22/present-your-bodies-as-a-living-sacrifice-romans-12-pentecost-13a/

https://johntsquires.com/2023/08/30/love-and-hope-hospitality-and-harmony-overcoming-evil-with-good-romans-12-pentecost-14a/

https://johntsquires.com/2023/09/04/love-is-the-fulfilling-of-the-law-romans-13-pentecost-15a/

https://johntsquires.com/2023/09/12/each-of-us-will-be-accountable-to-god-romans-14-pentecost-16a/

For our instruction … that we might have hope (Rom 15, Isa 11, Matt 3; Advent 2A)

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Author: John T Squires

My name is John Squires. I live in the Hunter Valley in rural New South Wales, on land which has been cared for since time immemorial by the Gringai people (one of the First Nations of the island continent now known as Australia). I have been an active participant in the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) since it was formed in 1977, and was ordained as a Minister of the Word in this church in 1980. I have had the privilege to serve in rural, regional, and urban congregations and as a Presbytery Resource Minister and Intentional Interim Minister. For two decades I taught Biblical Studies at United Theological College at North Parramatta in Sydney, and more recently I was Director of Education and Formation and Principal of the Perth Theological Hall. I've studied the scriptures in depth; I hold a number of degrees, including a PhD in early Christian literature. I am committed to providing the best opportunities for education within the church, so that people can hold to “an informed faith”, which is how the UCA Basis of Union describes it. This blog is one contribution to that ongoing task.