Romans 8:1-11
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- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- "Born Anew," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
- Chapter II, The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians, Polycarp of Smyrna (c 115).
- III.XVI.9, III.XX.2, IV.XXXVI.6, V.VII.1, V.VIII.1, V.X.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- I.6, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- II.20, III.11, IV.7, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter XL, On the Soul, Tertullian (c 210)
- Chapter X, Exhortation to Chastity, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Chapter XVI, On the Flesh of Christ, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter X, Chapter XVI, Chapter XLVI, Chapter XLIX, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- V.10, V.14, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- Chapter XXVIII, Against Praxeas, Tertullian (c. 213)
- Chapter XVII, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- III.IV.2, 4, 5, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
- VI.XXX, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
- VII.XXXVIII, VII.XLV, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
- From Martin Luther's Bible Commentary (1545).
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "The fruits of the Spirit, or effects of sanctification, which are begun in us, do not ingraft us into Christ, but declare that we are grafted into him."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "By the Spirit the law of love is written upon the heart, and though the righteousness of the law is not fulfilled by us, yet, blessed be God, it is fulfilled in us."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "Mind the things of the Spirit - Think of, relish, love things invisible, eternal; the things which the Spirit hath revealed, which he works in us, moves us to, and promises to give us."
- The First Fruits of the
Spirit (Rom 8:1). Sermon by John Wesley.
- "For faith implies light, the light of God shining upon the soul. So far, therefore, as any one loses this light, he, for the time, loses his faith."
- "The
Carnal Mind Enmity Against God," Romans 8:7, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1855.
- "Observe then, first of all, the universality of this as to all persons. Every carnal mind in the world is at enmity against God. This does not exclude even infants at the mothers' breast."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "The desire and pursuit of carnal ends is a state of enmity to God, wholly incompatible with true life and peace in the soul."
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "He does not say that it is impossible for a wicked man to become good, but that it cannot be done while he retains a carnal mind."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Romans 8:1-11 (Pentecost 4A), Walter F. Taylor, Jr., Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "While Paul is not a classic Trinitarian thinker, it is striking how closely Spirit, Christ, and God are associated with each other."
- "What Willl You Do...?" David Lose, Dear Working Preacher, 2011.
- "...To hear, that is, that no matter what we've done or has been done to us, no matter what we may have previously heard or presently believe, God is not angry with us. To hear that God loves us, forgives us, accepts us as we are, and sets us free to live lives of meaning, purpose, grace, and gratitude."
- "...To hear, that is, that no matter what we've done or has been done to us, no matter what we may have previously heard or presently believe, God is not angry with us. To hear that God loves us, forgives us, accepts us as we are, and sets us free to live lives of meaning, purpose, grace, and gratitude."
- "First Thoughts on Year A Epistle Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 4, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- Commentary, Romans 8:6-11 (Lent 5A), Margaret Aymer,
Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "Preachers of this text must, therefore, be careful to read it not as an ethically prescriptive text but rather as an anthropologically descriptive text, a metaphor for the act of salvation that only God is able to do."
- Commentary,
Romans 8:6-11 (Lent 5A), Walter F. Taylor, Jr., Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "In our focus during Lent on our individual sins we can center so much on our actions and mis-actions that we can miss the larger issue. What is our mindset? What is our orientation toward life?"
- Commentary,
Romans 8:1-11 (Pentecost 9), Marion L. Soards, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "The paradox of Christian faith is that gift and demand go hand in hand: What God demands of us is what God has already given to us, namely, that we abide in the Spirit who indeed abides within us."
- "First
Thoughts on Year A Epistle Passages in the Lectionary:
Lent 5," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia.
- "Paul has a big-picture understanding of what love does."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
"Imagining with Lars,"
Blogging toward Sunday, Trygve David Johnson, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian Century, 2008.
- "We all need those who can see, with the Spirit, past our habits of self-protection."
- "The Life-Giving Spirit," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
-
"Siding With
the Spirit (Romans 8:1-17)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "The great danger faced by the church today is not that of 'secular humanism' but that of 'religious humanism'—seeking to serve God and to please Him in the power of our own flesh, rather than 'according to His Spirit'."
- Commentary,
Romans 8:1-11 (Pentecost 4A), Walter F. Taylor, Jr., Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- Articles & Background:
-
"Salvation Is for Life," Richard J. Foster, Theology Today, 2004.
- "Jesus and the early Apostles preached a salvation radically different from the kind of salvation being preached today. They spoke of a life in the kingdom of God encompassing all of human existence, both here and hereafter. The circumference of their message embraces 360 degrees."
-
"Romans 5-8 as Pastoral Theology," Stanley N. Olson, Word & World,
1986.
- "The unity and functions of the exhortation and assurance in Romans 5-8 are clarified when the section is understood as pastoral theology."
- "'There Is No Condemnation' (Romans 8:1): But Why Not?" Chuck Lowe, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.
-
"Soteriology and Eschatology in Romans," Robert E Longacre & Wilber B
Wallis, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1998.
- "At all events we approach this epistle not simply as an object of analysis but as a book meant to exercise a regulative and inspirational effect upon us."
-
"The
Witness of the Spirit to the Spirit," Paul Tillich, from The Shaking of the
Foundations, 1955. At Religion Online.
- "In the moment when we feel separated from God, meaningless in our lives, and condemned to despair, we are not left alone. The Spirit, sighing and longing in us and with us, represents us."
-
"Salvation Is for Life," Richard J. Foster, Theology Today, 2004.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Branick, Vincent P., "The Sinful
Flesh of the Son of God (Rom. 8:3): A Key Image of Pauline Theology,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brenner, Daniel S.,
"Late-Night Covenants: A Jewish Perspective on Sinai and Study," The
Living Pulpit, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dillon, Richard J.,
"The Spirit as Taskmaster and Troublemaker in Romans 8," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Duggan, Fr. Michael, "The Cross and the Holy Spirit
in Paul: Implications for Baptism in the Holy Spirit," Pneuma,
1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Easley, Kendell H., "The Pauline
Usage of Pneumati as a Reference to the Spirit of God,"
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1984.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Foster, Richard J.,
"Salvation Is for Life," Theology Today, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gibbs, Jeffrey A., "Homiletical Helps on LSB Series A
- Epistles," (Romans 8:1-11 begins on page 77), Concordia Journal,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gillman, Florence Morgan, "Another Look at Romans 8:3
'In the Likeness of Sinful Flesh,'" The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1987.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hedin, Barbara Ann, "Between Text and
Sermon, Romans 8:6-11," Interpretation, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hübner, Hans, "The Holy Spirit in
Holy Scripture," Ecumenical Review, 1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials -
Leithart, Peter J., "Justification as Verdict and Deliverance: A
Biblical Perspective," Pro Ecclesia,
2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Longacre, Robert E. and Wilber B.
Wallis, "Soteriology and Eschatology in Romans," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lowe, Chuck, "'There Is No
Condemnation' (Romans 8:1): But Why Not?" Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Marshall, I. Howard,
"Living in the 'Flesh'," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Myers, Charles D., Jr., "Chiastic
Inversion in the Argument of Romans 3-8," Novum Testamentum,
1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Olson,
Stanley N., "Romans 5-8 as Pastoral Theology," Word & World, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Powery, Emerson B.,
"The Groans of 'Brother Saul': An Exploratory Reading of Romans 8 for
'Survival'," Word & World,
2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rosscup, James E.,
"The Spirit's Intercession," Master's Seminary Journal,
1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Talbert, Charles H.,
"Tracing Paul's Train of Thought in Romans 6-8," Review & Expositor,
2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Tamez, Elsa, "Now No
Condemnation," Ecumenical Review, 1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wasserman, Emma, "Paul
among the Philosophers: the Case of Sin in Romans 6-8," Journal
for the Study of the New Testament,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Branick, Vincent P., "The Sinful
Flesh of the Son of God (Rom. 8:3): A Key Image of Pauline Theology,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1985.
- Reviews:
- Bertone, John A. The Law of the Spirit: Experience of the Spirit and Displacement of the Law in Romans 8:1-16. Lang, 2005. Reviews by James Miller and Volker Rabens, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006 & 2007.
- Sermons:
- There is no condemnation! -- Sermon for Proper 10 | OT 15 based on Romans 8:1-11, Janice B. Scott from The Village Shepherd.
- Pre-set Your Channel -- Sermon for Lent 5 based on Romans 8:6-11 by Frank Luchsinger, SermonSuite, 2011.
- "Christ's Spirit and My Spirit," "Christ's Spirit and Put to Death Our Human Nature," from a series of sermons on the book of Romans by Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Washington.
- "Bama Bubba," the Rev. Sid Burgess, Day 1, 2000.
- With Children:
- "Children's Literature: A Resource for Ministry," July 10, 2011, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections:Romans 8:1-11 and My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray and Raul Colon.
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 10, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2011.
- "Children's Literature: A Resource for Ministry," April 10, 2011, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections:Romans 8:6-11 and Savvy by Ingrid Law.
- "There Is Therefore Now No Condemnation," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Drama:
- "Just Do It," Susan Irvine, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Romans 8:11, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Romans 8:1, 2. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymn selections (United Methodist) and more from Hymnsite.com.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- "God Loves the World," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- At Oremus Hymnal:
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Romans
