(RNS) — The evangelical New Testament scholar says we need to hear Paul tell us to treat one another as siblings and tolerate one another in our differences. (RNS) — Paul’s letter to the Romans is the ...

This more “horizontal” reading of Romans—and of all of Paul’s letters—has been embraced and widely disseminated by N. T. Wright (Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology, 1992), ...

It’s been called one of the most important and most misunderstood passages in the Bible: Romans 13:1-7. “The most historically influential paragraph Paul ever wrote,” in the words of one scholar.

Because I had recently become a Christian, I enrolled in a New Testament studies course during my first year as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia. Our guiding textbook was Bart Ehrman’s ...