Romans: Paul’s Theology of the Gospel

Romans: Paul's Theology of the Gospel A Chapter-by-Chapter Study

Alan Braun spent nearly thirty years teaching Romans before ever putting it to paper — first as serious personal study in 1998, then as a course taught and re-taught to different groups over decades. This 16-chapter study walks through Paul's argument in full: sin's actual cost in Adam, the case that righteousness in Christ is an actual new nature and not merely a legal verdict, the answer to "shall we sin that grace may abound," life in the Spirit, God's sovereignty and Israel, and practical living for the church.

Along the way, Alan builds his case for reading Romans 5-8 as describing something real that happens inside a believer at new birth — not just a change in status, but a change in kind — while keeping bedrock convictions (Christ's lordship, death and resurrection, new birth) clearly distinguished from reasoned conclusions he holds with confidence but offers humbly. Original diagrams, real-life illustrations, and honest engagement with differing views (Calvin, Luther, N.T. Wright, and others) make this both approachable for a first-time reader and substantial enough for a seasoned student of Scripture.

Written for personal study, small groups, or as a teaching outline from the front — this is a book about understanding Romans, and becoming what it describes.