Romans

Daniel Hawk avoids easy responses to violence in the Bible—but then enters some troubling territory.

Paul encourages his readers to trust an outcome they cannot yet see.

Paul encourages his readers to trust an outcome they cannot yet see.

Paul encourages his readers to trust an outcome they cannot yet see.

Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.

Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.

An ELCA bishop apologized for sexist comments he made—without claiming that they were out of character.

Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?

Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?

Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?

The Jesuit scientist questioned whether humans are descended from Adam. It got him exiled.

Cheap resistance is like cheap grace. It risks very little.

I was counting on her discretion.

I was counting on her discretion.

I was counting on her discretion.

"It's a sin problem," goes the slogan, "not a gun problem." Whatever definition of sin is operative here, it isn't Paul's.

Maybe we need to be pushed in different ways than the Romans did.

There have been many Zionisms over the years. Only one has imagined an eventual end of Judaism.

It's not always what we would choose for ourselves.

It's not always what we would choose for ourselves.