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PAUL'S LETTER TO THE ROMANS is largely regarded as the theological standard among New Testament writings, as well as the clearest and most systematic presentation of Christian doctrine in the Bible. Its influence on the moral, intellectual, and spiritual life of the church has been well documented, with Augustine referring to it as "the most basic and comprehensive statement of true Christianity," Luther as the "chief part of the New Testament," and Calvin as "the singular key to understanding the Bible as a whole." In Romans: The Gospel of Grace, pastor and author Marc Simon offers a fresh commentary on Paul's masterwork. His spirited approach to the text helps convey both the depth and simplicity of Paul's writing and combines the author's careful scholarship and insight with practical commentary and explanatory notes on key terms used in the letter. The verse-by-verse exposition in Romans: The Gospel of Grace highlights both the content and arguments of Paul's most debated letter, and is at once accessible to scholars, pastors, and students alike.

PAUL'S LETTER TO THE ROMANS is largely regarded as the theological standard among New Testament writings, as well as the clearest and most systematic presentation of Christian doctrine in the Bible. Its influence on the moral, intellectual, and spiritual life of the church has been well documented, with Augustine referring to it as "the most basic and comprehensive statement of true Christianity," Luther as the "chief part of the New Testament," and Calvin as "the singular key to understanding the Bible as a whole." In Romans: The Gospel of Grace, pastor and author Marc Simon offers a fresh commentary on Paul's masterwork. His spirited approach to the text helps convey both the depth and simplicity of Paul's writing and combines the author's careful scholarship and insight with practical commentary and explanatory notes on key terms used in the letter. The verse-by-verse exposition in Romans: The Gospel of Grace highlights both the content and arguments of Paul's most debated letter, and is at once accessible to scholars, pastors, and students alike.

NEXT TO ROMANS, NO OTHER WRITING has impacted the shape of reformed theology more than Paul's letter to the Galatians. So important was the letter that Luther affectionately referred to it as his Katie von Bora - the name of his wife, stating that in some ways he was married to the letter as well. Like Romans, Galatians is rooted in Paul's conviction that through the resurrection of Jesus, God's new creation has burst in upon the old with redeeming power and vindication for those made part of Christ's body by faith. Unlike Romans however, Galatians isn't primarily an exposition on the gospel or how we get saved. Rather, what is really at issue is the inclusion of all people in the single, multi-ethnic family of God. Who is in and who is out? Who belongs? And on what basis? These are the real issues being debated by the churches to whom Paul is writing. Paul's answer is that men and women are made part of the community of Christ by faith alone and not works of the Law. Followers of Jesus, no matter what their ethnic or moral background is, are incorporated into the family of God by the grace and action of God alone, and not by outward marks of Jewish identity. In Galatians: A Commentary, pastor and author Marc Simon offers a verse by verse exposition of Galatians which is at once accessible to scholars, pastors, and students alike.