The truth is we don’t subscribe to the specifics of Paul’s sexual ethic today—at all. Paul has some good stuff to say about marriage. In 1 Corinthians 7 he talks about how we use our bodies and sexuality mutually. Really progressive stuff in the first century.

The framework for original sin that most of us are familiar with comes from a bad interpretation of a bad translation of one verse in one letter from Pual. Unfortunately, however, it has all kinds of implications for we think about ourselves and God. So let's talk about it.

There is a long and terrible history of Romans 13 being weaponized by those in power against the marginalized. The problem, of course, is that this letter was written not to the powerful at all but instead to a community living in the shadow of a hostile authority.

In Romans 16 Paul names a number of women in prominent roles within the early church. But then in his letters to Corinth and Timothy, he seems to take a different tone. What is going on here? Should we try to harmonize these passages?

In Romans 14 Paul is almost obsessively focused on using the metaphor of diet to talk about difference in the church.

This one is kinda nerdy and a little long but if you've heard the term The New Perspective on Paul you might be wondering what this is all about. So here's a quick breakdown of some of the major schools of interpretation when it comes to Paul and where the New Perspective fits.