The Last Word

Abstract

"Years ago I invited an older man at our church to join the adult Sunday School class. He wanted to know what the class was studying, and I responded, Romans'. He then commented, declining the invitation, 'Oh, Romans, I’ve studied that before, but maybe next time.’ Given the depth of Romans, 1 knew in a heartbeat he had read it once, but never studied it. Did he know about Augustine, Luther, Wesley? Even the preface to the book changed lives! Plumb the depths of Romans? Never! I remembered this brief conversation recently in talking with two people, a brand-new middle-aged Christian and a University sophomore."