Monthly Archives: October 2017

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER EIGHT (Lesson X) Early church writer Ambrosiaster has more thoughts on what he understands Paul saying here in verse 6. He reckons that mankind’s intellectual propositions and … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER EIGHT (Lesson IX) A fellow reformer of Martin Luther’s, John Calvin, more or less echoes what Luther says. For Calvin, it is only by the grace of … Continue reading →

Sam Cawthorn is a thought leader and CEO of Empowering Enterprises and featured in USA Today and The New York Times. He is an expert in not only bouncing back but bouncing forward. His main aim and goal is dedicated … Continue reading →

GOD IS NEVER TOO LATE While serving as chaplain-on-call one night at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, my beeper woke me up around 2 AM. I called the number, and a nurse, in the Trauma Center, asked me to … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER EIGHT (Lesson VIII) Jewish writer David Stern agrees that God had to send His Son to deal with sin because sin became such a plague in God’s … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER EIGHT (Lesson VII) Reformed Scottish theologian Robert Haldane has an excellent exegesis on righteousness under the Law of Moses. For him, God sent His Son in the … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER EIGHT (Lesson VI) Anglican theologian Charles Ellicott poses an important question: “How were we freed?” It is precisely on this point where the Law of Moses shows … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER EIGHT (Lesson V) German Lutheran Bible scholar John Bengel points out that once again Paul is addressing the weakness of the law. While it could define sin … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER EIGHT (Lesson IV) Verse 3: The law was without power because it was made ineffective by our sinful nature. But God did what the law could not … Continue reading →

The Gospel According to Thomas is an early Christian non-canonical Gospel that is full of sayings many scholars believe provides insight into the Christian oral traditions around 50 AD before the Gospel of Matthew and others were made available. We … Continue reading →