When it comes to understanding the gospel of salvation by grace alone, there are few books more foundational than Romans.
It was Romans that Martin Luther was reading when the light clicked on regarding justification: “The righteous shall live by faith” (1:17). And it was Romans that Augustine read when he heard the child’s voice say tolle lege: “So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light” (13:12).
That very verse led to Augustine’s conversion.
The impact of Romans has been felt in every generation of the church. And, of course, we can’t forget Martin Lloyd-Jones’ legendary series preaching through Romans on Friday nights at Westminster Chapel in London. Before it was all done, his series spanned 11 years and 372 sermons.
And I have personally been immersed in Romans over the last few years as I have taught a weekly RTS Charlotte women’s Bible study on the book. You can watch all 42 HD videos of the series here.
For all these reasons, I was excited to talk in October with my friend Nancy Guthrie about how to teach the book of Romans. Nancy has been doing a fantastic audio series entitled “Help Me Teach the Bible” where she interviews pastors and scholars on various books. I was privileged to be a part of it.
You can read about my interview on the TGC website here. To listen, here is part 1 of my conversation with Nancy, on Romans 1-7:
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[audio:http://media.blubrry.com/the_gospel_coalition/tgc-audio.s3.amazonaws.com/podcast/Michael_Kruger_on_Romans_pt1.mp3]And for those that don’t know, Nancy is a RTS student! Here is a video of her talking about RTS Charlotte: