Dr. N.T. Wright wrote, “Many have given Romans 9-11 up as a bad job, leaving Romans as a book with eight chapters of ‘gospel’ at the beginning, four of ‘application’ at the end, and three of puzzle in the middle.” He added, “[It] is as full of problems as a hedgehog is of prickles.” But we believe it’s all “gospel,” so we need to study it—prickles and all!