What Is the Main Focus of Paul's Letter to the Romans? Dr. Joey Dodson

Theology in the Raw

Preston Sprinkle

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Joey is my brotha from another motha. He also has a Ph.D. in New Testament from Aberdeen University, is the Dr. Craig L. Blomberg Endowed Chair of New Testament at Denver Seminary, and is the author of several books and peer reviewed articles. In this conversation, Joey walks us through the four main lenses scholars use to assess the main focus of Romans: Reformational, Apocalyptic, Heilsgeschichte (Salvation-History), and Reading Romans Backwards. To listen to our "extra innings" conversation, head over to Theology in the Raw's Patreon page to become a member of the Theology in the Raw community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Franz. Welcome back to another episode of Theologians around my guest today as my best friend, Dr. Joey Dotson.
0:05.9	And would ask him to come the show for the, I don't know, probably 10th time now.
0:09.6	I always have my guest fill out a personal bio that I read in the intro.
0:14.0	And his personal bio that he wrote out was, in Jesus, I hope, with Preston, I hang.
0:19.9	So that about says it all.
0:21.3	He's also a brilliant scholar, abasing speaker,
0:23.9	ministry leader, pastor, father husband.
0:27.6	He's written several amazing books and is also the Craig Blomberg.
0:33.3	Well, he didn't give me his title,
0:34.4	so I can't read it verbatim,
0:35.6	but something like the Craig Blomberg chair of biblical studies at Denver Seminary. Anyway, yeah, we talk about the book of Romans,
0:43.9	Joey's favorite book, and we talk about various scholarly approaches to the book.
0:49.4	This is a fast-paced, somewhat scholarlyly conversation, hoping keep up. You might have to go
0:53.3	back and listen to some portions.
0:55.1	A lot of names are thrown around.
0:56.6	A lot of names are thrown around and lots of references to pop culture that aren't always easy
1:03.7	to catch.
1:04.8	But yeah, loads of fun.
1:06.1	We also, I asked Joey to stick around for some extra innings conversations with him about some personal stuff in his theology, as you will see.
1:14.4	So please welcome back to the show for the 1000th time, the one and only Dr. Joey Dodson.
1:36.3	Joey Dodson, welcome back for the 17th, 17th time.
1:41.6	So, okay, okay, you just got back from Hawaii, right?
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