Passage

Romans 4

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Contemporary English has largely detached 'faith' from any specific object ('keeping the faith,' 'faith in humanity,' 'a leap of faith' all mean generic hopefulness or an ungrounded gamble); Romans' personal, Christ-directed trust must be made explicit every time.

  ROM.4.1-25

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Contemporary English has largely detached 'faith' from any specific object: 'keeping the faith,' 'faith in humanity,' and 'a leap of faith' all use the word for generic hopefulness or an ungrounded gamble.

  ROM.4.1-25

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  Contemporary post-Christian Western culture broadly treats the resurrection as a religious metaphor, myth, or seasonal cultural observance (heavily commercialized as 'Easter,' with imagery unrelated to the biblical event) rather than a claimed historical fact.

  ROM.4.25

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  Contemporary post-Christian Western culture broadly treats the resurrection as metaphor or myth, and 'Easter' itself has been heavily commercialized (chocolate eggs, an Easter bunny) in ways detached from the historical claim; the historical, bodily nature of the event must be stated plainly.

  ROM.4.25