Monthly Archives: March 2017

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS DISCUSSION OF CHAPTER ONE Before we begin the study of the next chapter, I wanted to give all of you the opportunity to ask any question, request any … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS SUMMARY OF CHAPTER ONE Paul is writing from Corinth to a congregation he had never visited and a church he did not start, nor was it the product … Continue reading →

IF YOU CAN’T TRUST YOURSELF, WHO CAN? There was a time when every young person recognized his name, William Shakespeare, the brilliant English playwright. One of his most famous lines reads: “This above all: to thine own self be true.”1 It … Continue reading →

This beautiful story may not relate exactly to anything that happened to you or to someone you know, just like many of Jesus’ parables, but the key to this moving saga is how God answers pray in ways we don’t … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER ONE (Part XXVIII) The early church Bishop of Laodicea touches on the subject of misleading others into doing wrong: “Here again we see the innocence of God … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER ONE (Part XXVII) Verses 28b-31: And so they end up doing the very thing that hurts them because they are filled with all sorts of godless living, … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER ONE (Part XXVI) Jewish theologian David Stern leaves no doubt where he stands on this subject: “Homosexuality was rife throughout the first-century Roman Empire, as it is … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER ONE (Part XXV) Paul was very much aware that this degenerate form of immoral activity was still prevalent in his day. He had to warn the Corinthians: … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER ONE (Part XXIV) German scholar John Bengel, considered the father of modern Biblical scholarship, in his work called, “Gnomen1 of the New Testament,” deconstructs this verse as … Continue reading →

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU DIED INSIDE? The great English playwright, William Shakespeare, was inspired to write a play based on the life of Roman emperor Julius Caesar and titled it, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. It was introduced in … Continue reading →