S2S Books: "Romans Commentary" by David Bercot

David Bercot. There are hundreds of commentaries on Romans in print today, and thousands have been written over the centuries. So what is the point of still one more commentary? The reason is that this is not “still one more commentary.” In this commentary, the reader will be seeing Romans through the eyes of the Christians who lived in the first few centuries after Romans was written. Some of these men personally knew the apostles. They all lived in the same culture in which Paul lived. Their native tongue was koiné Greek.
This commentary enables the reader to share the same experience that a Christian living in the first four centuries would have experienced when hearing Romans explained on a given Sunday. You will hear the same explanations they would have heard. As you will see, those early Christians understood Romans quite differently than what most Christians do today. That is because they lived prior to the two major reinterpretations of Romans: that of Augustine and that of Luther. After hearing the early Christian understanding of Romans, the readers can then decide whether they think the entire church got Romans wrong from the very beginning-or if Christians today are badly misreading this important book of Scripture.
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[@DerKirchenhocker]

Any thoughts on how the “sinful nature” is transmitted. I couldn’t find any scripture which explains transmission. If it’s inherited genetically is it through the father or mother? Did Christ also inherit this gene? If not it would be a problem. This question is so problematic for me that I am currently forced to side with Pelagius.

[@DelmyTreeCutter]

Brother, peace be with you. The scriptures in Romans chapter 5: 12 says that death is what passed to all men, not sin.

[@rayd1069]

No David...you are definitely a replacement theologian.

[@joshuadonahue5871]

What does replacement theology mean to you?

[@rayd1069]

​@@joshuadonahue5871In a nutshell, its the hermeneutical practice of theologians who attempt to remove the nation Israel out of the plans of God. It usually involves downplaying OT prophecy and assuming the NT has priority over the statements made by the Prophets that are specific to Israel and the last days. Replacement theologians today dont like the term "Replacement"...they would prefer more theologically nuanced words like: "Supercedes", "Fulfillment", "Transcendes", etc... In recent years the ones who adhere to it tend to throw out accusations toward Christians who believe in a distinct program related to Israel, as laid out by the OT prophets, as being Dispensationalist or Zionist in an attempt to shame them into silence.