MARSCAST

Episode 308: 308. Romans Is Not What You Think It Is

Everyone knows Romans for justification by faith, but what if that's only part of the story? In this episode, host Jared Luttjeboer sits down with Dr. Marcus Mininger to explore the provocative thesis that Paul's letter to the Romans is, at its core, a missionary fundraising document aimed at getting the Roman church to bankroll a mission to Spain. Drawing on nearly a decade of renewed scholarly attention to Romans as an actual letter, Dr. Mininger unpacks a stunning structural pattern — nine interlocking parallels bracketing the entire epistle — that Paul himself engineered to guide how the letter should be read. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. This is part one of three.