Making Sense of Romans

The letter to the Romans is the most sustained and systematic of Paul’s explanations of what faith is and how it works. He is hardly past the introduction when he lays down the direction he plans to take in this verse. This book is going to be about the gospel – a fact he has trailed in verse 1: that is what he was set apart for, so it is hardly a surprise that the gospel is what he most wants to write about.