For many people the opening chapter of Romans has appeared to be Paul having a judgmental screaming rant against the terrible disgusting immorality of people. And people have often written themselves into it as objects of his, and therefore God’s, disgust. But rather than Paul’s primary purpose being to beat up on pagan idolaters, ultimately his goal is to expose more pressing issues of judgmental attitudes amongst those he is writing to. Paul’s point is not to shame anyone. Rather he is simply but deftly exposing a universal truth: all of us have varying degrees of brokenness at our heart, and none of us is immune. Jesus, gloriously, wonderfully, kindly, lovingly, and powerfully has come to set us free from it all. He’s the only one who can do it. And he has done it. This is the extraordinary good news of the gospel.