Boice on Romans: Where My List Starts

October 12, 2006
If I am going to think about the books that have most influenced my life as a Christian, the starting place has to be James Montgomery Boice's 4 volume Romans commentary. I was converted at Tenth while Dr. Boice was preaching Romans and my mind was blown away. (Actually, I was saved during an evening service. Jim was preaching Romans in the morning. He was in Romans 9 at the time, and when I came to the next Sunday's morning service my mind really blown away. Predestination was almost the first Christian doctrine I heard preached.) During my three years as a college professor, I would give a copy of vol. 1 (Romans 1-4, Justification by Faith) to every member of my evangelistic Bible study. That book worked an incredible change in a great number of lives.