Unlocking Romans Quotes

“Paul’s argument is primarily an argument about theodicy, not about soteriology.”
― J.R. Daniel Kirk, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God

“Paul reinterprets the Scriptures of Israel in light of Jesus’ resurrection in order to defend his assertion that all people must confess the lordship of the resurrected Christ in order to know the righteousness of God and thus be numbered among God’s people.570”
― J.R. Daniel Kirk, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God

“Paul is pinning all hopes for the eschatological future on Jesus’ resurrection.”
― J.R. Daniel Kirk, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God

“Romans 10 does not, as Moo claims, indicate that the gospel and the law have “operated side-by-side” throughout salvation history. 552”
― J.R. Daniel Kirk, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God

“Rather than Deuteronomy testifying to the futility of searching for the God-given commandments, Paul reads it as testifying to the God-raised Messiah.”
― J.R. Daniel Kirk, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God

“The driving question in Romans is not, ‘How can I find a gracious God?’ but ‘How can we trust in this allegedly gracious God if he abandons his promises to Israel?”
― J.R. Daniel Kirk, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God

“What is the driving question in Romans? Is it “How do I find a gracious God?” or “How can this message about Jesus be the message about the saving faithfulness of Israel’s God?”
― J.R. Daniel Kirk, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God