The College Press NIV Commentary: Romans Volume 2

by Jack Cottrell

Publisher:

College Press

, 1998

Overview

This volume on the second half of Romans addresses some of the most difficult passages within the book. The power in the Epistle to the Romans is as important today as it was in years past. If Christians today are going to evangelize the world and reverse the losses of the past century we must rediscover the power of God’s salvation exposed and explained in Romans.

Contents

Top Highlights

“What he is showing them is that the welfare of the Jews and the Gentiles is entertwined.” (Romans 11:13–14)

“The second reason (ch. 10) why God’s faithfulness is not violated by this situation is because Israel’s lostness (their exclusion from spiritual Israel) is the result of their own free choice of law rather than grace as the way of salvation.” (Romans 9:30–10:21)

“This leads to our examination of the arguments for B, which I consider to be the correct view. When Paul says that ‘all Israel will be saved,’ he is speaking of all ethnic Jews who also belong to the true spiritual Israel.” (Romans 11:26a)

“As Stott says, ‘There is no greater incentive to holy living than a contemplation of the mercies of God’ (321).” (Romans 12:1)

“It is best to view this paragraph as presenting no new data, but as simply summing up the main points of ch. 11 with the main emphasis being on the way God uses the salvation of the Gentiles to bring mercy upon Israel.” (Romans 11:25–32)

Product Details

• Title: The College Press NIV Commentary: Romans Volume 2
• Author: Jack Cottrell
• Publisher: Logos Research Systems
• Publication Date: 1998

About Jack Cottrell

Dr. Jack W. Cottrell has been a professor of theology at Cincinnati Christian University since 1967. Dr. Cottrell has earned a BA, ThB from Cincinnati Christian University; a BA from the University of Cincinnati; an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary; and a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary.

He’s been married to his beautiful wife, Barbara, for over 50 years, and he ministers at the Bright Christian Church in Bright, Indiana. Dr. Cottrell has been teaching theology at the Cincinnati Christian University for over 40 years, and he’s been writing for over 30 years. He and Barbara have three children and four grandchildren.

Those who know Dr. Cottrell know he’s a huge fan of University of Kentucky basketball and bluegrass music. He likes to read mystery novels and watch Wheel of Fortune and Texas Hold’em tournaments.