Romans 7

So, the chapel speaker this morning was Chuck White, one of the university religion professors. He presented a very interesting interpretation of Romans 7, one which I hadn't heard before. He said we often see Romans 7 as being an autobiography of Paul and his fight with sin. However, Chuck said that this is probably not a valid way to look at the passage. He brings up an interpretation offered by both Origen and John Wesley which says Paul is speaking from a different perspective in Romans 7. Since Paul's language of being captive to sin doesn't fit with his description of life in Christ in both previous and later passages, Chuck said Paul was probably speaking from the perspective of someone who didn't yet know Christ. I could go into it more, but I have things to do today, so if you want to talk about it more, leave a comment or something, haha.