Difficulties

1:5 - Does this passage support Lordship Theology? 1:8 - What does Paul mean when he says that their faith reached the “whole world”? 1:18 - Is God wrathful? 1:24, 26, 28 - Why does it say three times that God “gave them over” to their sin, if God loves people? 2:7 - Does this verse teach that good works can get us into heaven? 2:22 - What does it mean to “rob temples”? 2:24 - Why does Paul cite Isaiah 52:5 and/or Ezekiel 36:20ff? 2:28-29 - Does this passage teach that Christians inherit the Jewish promises of the Old Testament? (c.f. Phil. 3:3; Gal. 6:16) 3:11 - Do humans seek for God or not? 3:22 - Is this verse about the “faithfulness OF Jesus” or is it about “our faith IN Jesus”? 3:25 - What does “propitiation” mean? 4:9-12 - Is Paul teaching that the church has fulfilled the Abrahamic covenant? 5:1 - Do we have justification in the past tense, or are we supposed to seek justification in the future tense? 5:12, 14 - How can God judge all men for Adam’s sin, when it wasn’t their fault? 5:13 - Did God not judge people before the time of the Law? 5:15-19 - Is Paul saying that everyone will be forgiven in the end? 5:20 - Is Paul saying that the Law makes us want to sin more? 6:3-4 - Is this passage describing water baptism? –or something else? 6:6 - Does Paul really believe that we do not have a sinful nature anymore? 7:6 - In what sense are Christians “released from the Law”? 7:8-13 - Is Paul describing himself here, or something (or someone) else? 7:14-25 - Is Paul describing his own personal struggle with sin? 8:1 - Is there condemnation or not? 8:26-27 - Does this refer to speaking in tongues? 8:29-30 - Is this passage teaching predestination? 8:36 - Why does Paul quote Psalm 44:22? 9 - Romans 9: An Arminian Interpretation 9:3 - Does Paul really want to go to hell, so that his Jewish friends could go to heaven? 9:5 - Does this Passage support the Deity of Christ? 9:13 - Does God “hate” unborn babies? 9:17-19 - Is this passage saying that God will harden people’s hearts to keep them from receiving Christ? 9:22-23 - Does God create people only to damn them? 10:6-7 - What does Paul mean, when he writes about “ascending into heaven” and “descending into the abyss”? 10:14 - Does this verse teach that we need to hear Jesus’ name to be saved? 11:1-21 - Why did the Jews reject Jesus, if he was their Promised Messiah? 11:22 - Does this passage threaten the idea of eternal security? 12:3 - Does God give us our faith—or do we produce faith? 12:20 - What does Paul mean by “burning coals on his head”? 13:1-7 - Are we supposed to submit to evil governments? 15:15 - If Paul had never been to Rome, then why does he say “remind you again”? 15:15 - If Paul had never been to Rome, then why does he say “remind you again”? 16 - Was this chapter added to the book of Romans? 16:7 - Was there a female apostle (Junia), or was this a contraction for a man’s name (Junias)?