I am thinking about writing a series of sermons based on the Letter to the Romans…depending upon when I write it or how long it is it could be titled “A Summer in Rome” or “16 Days in Rome” or the like.

I am posting this so that if anyone else does it before me I can claim to have thought of it first because I am really that ridiculous.

If Christ is the centre of truth than Romans is the centre of doctrine (for me). I am reading through Karl Barth’s powerful commentary The Epistle to the Romans and it is one of those experiences where you keep saying to yourself “I have read this verse a thousand times before, why have I never noticed it?”

Romans is like the frighteningly beautiful girl at your first dance that you can barely look at without wetting yourself and when you do approach her you make a stupid mess of it all. The best you can hope to do is watch her from a distance and hope one day she talks to you (I know it’s a weird analogy).

Anyhow watch this space for installments.