I want piggy back off of what Ron said here and say that most of the time we read Romans through the lens of the individual. What happens when we re-read the book of Romans as a community? Today we read the first seven verses and Paul is already speaking in "community" terms: "…among all the Gentiles", "you are also among them…", "To all those loved by God…" This continues into verses 16-17 as well and I would be willing to bet if we read the book through we would see a lot of places where Paul is interested in the community as a whole as well as the individual. What does this mean? I have no idea, but it is why I love to read the Bible. I have a degree from the great ACU and I have never thought about this before! I've so enjoyed these last couple of weeks because there is so much of the text that becomes new to me every time we do something like this!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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