Long (45-70 mins)
New Testament
Evangelical
Romans 12-15 Discussion with Mike Bird and Nijay Gupta
Theologian
Nijay Gupta
Duration
56.16
Uploaded to YouTube
7 May 2021
Added to Database
18 October 2025
YouTube description
In this video, Mike and Nijay discuss aspects of Romans 12-15 including:
- Spiritual/logical worship
- Why Paul wrote Romans 13
- Echoes of Jesus's teaching
- When should churches divide or stick together?
- What is "priestly" about proclaiming the gospel
Here are the books we referred to:
- Nijay Gupta, Worship that Makes Sense to Paul: A New Approach to the Theology and Ethics of Paul's Cultic Metaphors
- Scot McKnight, Reading Romans Backwards: A Gospel of Peace in the Midst of Empire
- Katherine Grieb, The Story of Romans
- Michael B. Thompson, Clothed With Christ: The Example and Teaching of Jesus in Romans 12.1-15.13