Paul'S Letter To The Romans

How Non-Jews Joined the People of God

What you'll learn

Know the content of the New Testament Letter to the Romans

Understand the context and purpose of the Letter to the Romans

Explain the argument and train of thought in the Letter to the Romans

Place Romans within Paul's broader life and ministry

Apply Romans to today

Requirements

No specific prior knowledge or software is required.

It is generally created with Christians in mind, but anyone curious about this book of the Bible is welcome!

Description

This course is a study of the original meaning of the New Testament book of Romans, with regular glances at contemporary application. We start with introductory videos to help us put Romans in the context both of Paul's ministry and the reasons for the letter specifically. These include a recap of Paul's "three" missionary journeys, a sense of the outline of Romans, and a quick run through the entire letter at a glance.Then, to hone our sense of context even further, we continue with the second half of the letter. What was the application that drove the seemingly more theoretical argument of the first part? We then look at the middle chapters on the future of Israel, which is incredibly revealing of why Paul wrote what he did. Finally, now with a firm sense of context in hand, we look at the famous first eight chapters, but we see them with a greater sense of clarity than is often the case.Romans has had an immense impact on the thinking of Christianity. From Augustine to Luther to contemporary evangelicalism, Romans is often ground zero for Christian theology. But is there so much paint on the wall that we cannot really see clearly what the wall originally looked like? You'll find out in this course!

Overview

Section 1: The Reasons for Romans

Lecture 1 Welcome to Romans!

Lecture 2 Paul before Christ

Lecture 3 Paul's Early Christian Life

Lecture 4 Paul's First Missionary Journey

Lecture 5 Paul's Second and Third Missionary Journeys

Lecture 6 Romans in One Breath (Prezi)

Lecture 7 The Reasons for Romans

Lecture 8 The Outline of Romans

Lecture 9 Romans 16 – to Rome or Ephesus

Lecture 10 Romans 15:14-33 (The Letter Closing)

Lecture 11 Romans 1:1-15 (The Letter Opening)

Lecture 12 Romans 1:16-17 (The Key Verses)

Section 2: A Transformed Mind (Romans 12:1-15:21)

Lecture 13 The Strong and the Weak (Romans 14:1-15:13)

Lecture 14 It Comes Down to Love (Romans 12:1-13:14)

Section 3: Has God Abandoned Israel? (Romans 9-11)

Lecture 15 What about Israel (Romans 9-11)

Lecture 16 All Part of God's Plan (Romans 9:1-29)

Lecture 17 What it all comes down to (Romans 9:30-10:21)

Lecture 18 All Israel will be saved (Romans 11)

Section 4: The Level Playing Field of Sin and Salvation (Romans 1:16-5:11)

Lecture 19 The Problem and Solution: A Fly By (1:18-5:11)

Lecture 20 Gentiles are going to fry (1:18-31 in detail)

Lecture 21 Jews are going to fry too (Romans 2 in detail)

Lecture 22 The Heart of the Solution (3:21-26)

Lecture 23 The Example of Abraham (Romans 4 in detail)

Lecture 24 Peace with God! (Romans 5:1-11 conclusion)

Section 5: How Paul Does Not Advocate Sin (5:12-8:39)

Lecture 25 Adam's Family (5:12-21)

Lecture 26 Survey of the Section (Romans 6-8)

Lecture 27 What Romans 7:7-25 does not say

Lecture 28 Victory! (Romans 8 in detail)

Section 6: Conclusion

Lecture 29 Top Ten Biggest Surprises in Romans

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