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Session 12 – Romans; Romans 5: Mark Lanier, 08/17/25
This is a teaching session on Romans 5 by Mark Lanier. The session covers:
Introduction: Lanier opens by acknowledging that listeners come with different emotional states—celebrating (“yays”), struggling (“Uggs”), or indifferent (“blahs”)—and frames how understanding Romans 5 will help contextualize these feelings within God’s past work and future promises.
Historical Context of Romans: The letter was written to a church in Rome (a city of 1 million people) that had a complex history. It began as a Jewish church on Pentecost, later added Gentiles, was disrupted when Emperor Claudius expelled Jews around 49 AD, and was eventually restored when Jews returned after Claudius’s death in 54 AD. Paul writes to address the tension between Jewish and Gentile believers.
Gospel Foundation (Romans 1:16-17): Paul’s thesis statement emphasizes that the gospel—the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ—is God’s power to save everyone (both Jew and Greek) and reveals God’s righteousness.
Romans 5:1-5 – Main Teaching:
Key Points for Home:
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By Lanier Theological LibraryThis is a teaching session on Romans 5 by Mark Lanier. The session covers:
Introduction: Lanier opens by acknowledging that listeners come with different emotional states—celebrating (“yays”), struggling (“Uggs”), or indifferent (“blahs”)—and frames how understanding Romans 5 will help contextualize these feelings within God’s past work and future promises.
Historical Context of Romans: The letter was written to a church in Rome (a city of 1 million people) that had a complex history. It began as a Jewish church on Pentecost, later added Gentiles, was disrupted when Emperor Claudius expelled Jews around 49 AD, and was eventually restored when Jews returned after Claudius’s death in 54 AD. Paul writes to address the tension between Jewish and Gentile believers.
Gospel Foundation (Romans 1:16-17): Paul’s thesis statement emphasizes that the gospel—the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ—is God’s power to save everyone (both Jew and Greek) and reveals God’s righteousness.
Romans 5:1-5 – Main Teaching:
Key Points for Home:
The post Session 12 – Romans; Romans 5: Mark Lanier, 08/17/25 appeared first on Biblical Literacy.