Contents
1 | A Special
Visit to Rome
2 | Why Did
Paul Write to the Roman Christians?
3 |
Establishing House Churches in Rome
4 | Standing on
the Bottom Rung:
Hierarchy in
Roman Society
5 | Isis,
Mithras, or Stoicism:
Religions and
Philosophies in Rome
6 | Creating
Characters and Reconstructing House Churches
7 | Once upon a
Time in a Faraway Land
8 | Introducing
Phoebe, Who Introduces Paul
(Rom. 1:1-17
and 15:14-16:23)
9 | A Gift for
Everybody (Rom. 1-3)
10 | An Example
from the Scriptures (Rom. 4)
11 | The Old
Adam and the New Christ (Rom. 5-6)
12 | Keeping
the Rules Is a Trap! (Rom. 7)
13 | The
Christian's Cloud Nine:
The Paradox of
Suffering and Glory (Rom. 8)
14 | Tell Us
the Truth, Paul Has the Word of God Failed? (Rom. 9-11)
15 | Living in
Love Ethics for Christian Communities (Rom. 12-13)
16 | How to Get
Along When We Don't Agree (Rom. 14:1-15:6)
17 | Eating
Together: A Roman Agape Meal (Rom. 15:7-13)
18 | Epilogue
APPENDIX 1:
Leader's Guide
APPENDIX 2:
Models of Biblical Interpretation
APPENDIX 3:
Aids to Conducting a Simulation
of Roman
House-Church Dynamics
APPENDIX 4:
Contemporary Issues Raised by Romans
APPENDIX 5: A
Visitor's Guide to Rome
BIBLIOGRAPHY
