In today's bonus podcast I am joined by Bible scholar David Stark from Faulkner University. Dr. Stark discusses new research on the intended audience for the book of Romans and the doctrine of predestination. 

Dr. Stark is a professor and research fellow in biblical studies.  His complete bio can be found here: https://www.faulkner.edu/directory/david-stark/

Dr. Stark also has his own educational biblical studies website found here: https://www.jdavidstark.com/

Dr. Stark created a sentence reader guide for the Bible for our Illuminated Word listeners and it can be found here: https://www.jdavidstark.com/subscribe/sentence-reading-guide/

If you want more information on what Dr. Stark said concerning predestination you can find more information in this scholarly article that he produced at this site:http://www.preciousheart.net/ti/2009/24-040_Stark_Israel_Individual_Corporate_Election.pdf

Dr. Stark has an exciting project coming up with a series of essays that can be found here:https://www.amazon.com/Scripture-First-Biblical-Interpretation-Christian/dp/1684260914/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=jdavidstark-20&linkId=ecbc5836ec4a377de7e65bc5ac9d640d&language=en_US