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Paul's fascination with the word 'all' reaches a climax in his questions to the Roman church in chapter 8. The foes and forces that condemn and judge were coming from within and without the church and they were tempted to ask, 'who is our ally, who is rooting for us'? Paul's unanimous response is that in the death of Jesus, God definitively shows that he is 'for' humanity. The universal threat from all things in all realms in met by the universal, all-conquering love of God at the cross. But what type of conquering is this and how does the church imitate it?
Paul's fascination with the word 'all' reaches a climax in his questions to the Roman church in chapter 8. The foes and forces that condemn and judge were coming from within and without the church and they were tempted to ask, 'who is our ally, who is rooting for us'? Paul's unanimous response is that in the death of Jesus, God definitively shows that he is 'for' humanity. The universal threat from all things in all realms in met by the universal, all-conquering love of God at the cross. But what type of conquering is this and how does the church imitate it? read more read less

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