This article is about the nature of Christian contentment and therefore about what gives people joy. The author illustrates from Philippians 4:10-13 what contentment is.

This document contains course material used as an introduction to the methods and tools for New Testament exegesis. It introduces students to a number of hermeneutical issues related to interpreting the New Testament. The focus of this course is on the basic steps in the exegesis of the New Testament.

The author argues that the apostle Paul wrote the letter to the Romans to fulfill his missiological and eschatological purposes of taking the gospel to the ends of the earth.