In this series of reflections on Romans, I am asking how the context and purpose of the entire letter might shape Christian discussions about human sexuality. Paul refers to same gender erotic relations in Romans 1:26-27 as part of his aim to shape Christian identity as participation in a community of new creation flourishing characterized […]

In Romans 1:18-32, Paul paints a dark picture of gentile sinfulness to provoke a reaction of condemnation on the part of a group among the Roman Christians that sees itself as morally superior to the other Christians in Rome. This group of gentiles maintains that faithfulness to God in Christ is embodied by adopting Jewish […]