Our Wednesday night Bible study (which was Hebrews last semester) got a second act. This semester we will be studying the book of Romans.
For those following the Hebrews Bible Study online, I realize I haven’t posted the concluding chapters, which I will do when I get a little spare time, but I invite you to follow our Romans Bible Study. Last night we kicked off this semester with a lifegroup party before we dig into Romans starting next Wednesday.
Our group experienced some pretty cool stuff last semester, and we were presented with one ministry opportunity after another, after another. And it sure is fun watching all of that continue to unfold. So, I think we will be expanding even more the ministry aspect of our lifegroup, but without shortchanging the Bible study itself. I’m hoping we can make the ministry stuff our extra-curricular activity, so we can have the study element, the ministry element, and the testimonial element, without having to cram all of it into 1.5 hours a week.
This will be the repository for all of the Romans Bible Study posts for now until the semester is over and I can compile all of the posts into one master post, so bookmark this page. The chapter links below will become active as the semester progresses.
Any suggestions regarding commentaries, extra reading, etc. would be much appreciated. I’ve ordered two commentaries (Stott’s Romans: Encountering the Gospel’s Power and Kuhatschek’s Romans: Becoming New in Christ), but they have yet to arrive.
It’s going to be another great semester!
- Romans Chapter 1
- Romans Chapter 2
- Romans Chapter 3
- Romans Chapter 4
- Romans Chapter 5
- Romans Chapter 6
- Romans Chapter 7
- Romans Chapter 8
- Romans Chapter 9
- Romans Chapter 10
- Romans Chapter 11
- Romans Chapter 12
- Romans Chapter 13
- Romans Chapter 14
- Romans Chapter 15
- Romans Chapter 16
#1 by Seth Ehorn on January 14, 2010 - 7:55 pm
I’m partial to Moo (scholarly: NICNT, lay level: NIVAC) and Schriener (BECNT). Also, the book Unlocking Romans by was quite helpful (maybe just the introduction if you don’t know Greek). One of the best tools, however, is simply the IVP Dictionary of Paul. Blessings as you study God’s marvelous word.
#2 by Seth Ehorn on January 14, 2010 - 7:55 pm
*Unlocking Romans by J.R. Daniel Kirk (insert above).
#3 by Jason on January 15, 2010 - 12:34 am
All of Seth’s suggestions are good. I’ve used them all (save for Kirk’s volume) and have found tremendous benefit from them. Resources on Romans are legion, so being selective is hard. Should be a great study–Romans is powerful stuff!
#4 by T.C. R on January 16, 2010 - 2:59 pm
I’ll go with Moo and Schreiner.
#5 by Erik on January 18, 2010 - 6:56 am
I’ve put Craig Keeners commentary on Romans on my wishlist. Maybe this is something you can use in your studies. Here is a link to an interview regarding the commentary.
Part 1: http://nijaygupta.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/interview-on-romans-with-craig-keener/
Part 2:http://nijaygupta.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/interview-with-craig-keener-on-romans-continued-part-ii/
Good luck with the studies. And may God open your eyes to the wonderful things in his word.
#6 by mike42lan on January 23, 2010 - 12:14 pm
When I first became a Christian back in 1996,that was the first book that we studied in our Sunday evening church service,We studing the Book of Romans for several weeks.I remember that the pastor said”The Book of Romans tells us about Christian Living”he used those exact words to get the book across.
#7 by Joseph Doud on February 9, 2010 - 8:35 am
One of my favorite verses comes from the book of Romans. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” Romans 1:16
#8 by Kevin Walker on February 13, 2010 - 6:00 pm
I’m looking forward to reading this!
#9 by Beth on June 16, 2010 - 12:07 pm
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#10 by Peter on June 18, 2010 - 1:46 pm
Thanks, Beth. It would be nice, but the last budget I had for study aids, etc. was about $30. I appreciate it, though. I’m a huge fan of the Logos iPhone App.