Romans 16:1-27: Final Greetings

Rev. James Hopkins, pastor of First Lutheran in Boston, MA and Chaplain in the U.S. Navy Reserves, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Romans 16.

A list of nearly unpronounceable names concludes St. Paul’s letter to the saints in Rome. The people he mentions in his personal greetings may not be familiar to us, but their names here in Scripture remind us that the Apostle is writing to real people with lives and vivid and complex as our own. The details of their lives may be lost to history, but God has not forgotten them. In this episode, Pastors Booe and Hopkins reflect on St. Paul’s final greetings and his admonition to the saints that they cling to true doctrine and avoid those who would try to cause division in the church.