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saved from the moment * Begin with slide: The Epistle of Romans * Pastor: Since our reading from the Epistle was Paul’s introduction to Romans , I thought today would be a good occasion to talk about Romans in general. To help us grasp what Romans is all about.  First, it is worth pointing out that Paul didn’t write Romans himself, rather he dictated it to a scribe… Paul: *Interrupting* Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle / Pastor: No way! This can’t be happening again! Paul: What’s that? Tertius are you getting this?!?! Pastor: Like I had said, Paul didn’t actually write the epistles, he dictated them, the scribe who took-down Roman was named Tertius. Paul must think that’s who we are… Paul: Tertius, what in the world are you talking about??? Wait a minute! Who are you all?!?! Pastor: Okay, you’ll never believe this, but somehow this screen has transported us to while you’re writing the letter to the Romans. It’s happen...

 post no bills on the wall “ I had a lengthy discussion about the power of myth with a postmodern author who didn’t exist. In this fictitious world all reality twists. I was a hopeless romantic, now I’m just turning tricks , ” cries Conor Oberst in the brilliant track “ Soul Singer in Session Band .” The defining mark of post-modernism is the rejection of any “meta-narrative.”  This description assumes that our age is one in which all grand narratives have been shown to be nothing more than a small man hiding behind a curtain.  While this description of contemporary culture seems to be as on the mark as it is skeptical; something is missing. The persistence of “make your own myth” mythos, draws the assumption that all narratives are rejected whole-sale into question. The grand narrative of “you are what you buy” is as stubbornly persistent of broad scientific narratives. Like it or not, human culture is an enterprise of myth-making, meaning-mak...