Christian Worldview in Romans

Paul's Epistle to the Romans is perhaps the most extensive discussion of Christian doctrine in the New Testament. This fact is probably due to the circumstances of Paul's composition of the letter: written at a time of tension between Jews and Gentiles in the church at Rome, the letter addresses specifically the doctrine of salvation and its availability to all. Additionally, John Murray notes that Paul "had not founded nor had he yet visited the church at Rome." [footnoteRef:0] As a result, the letter provides a more painstaking approach to laying out doctrinal concepts that matches Paul's establishment of his own good faith in the letter's opening, while its ultimate purpose is to express Gospel truth with a specific focus (as noted) on salvation. [0: John Murray. The Epistle to the Romans. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. p.1.]

Paul's view of Creation in the epistle is familiar...
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