A Review of ‘A Loving Farewell’ by Jack Hibbs
The sermon presents a verse-by-verse commentary on Romans 16, focusing on the people Paul greets. While commendable for its emphasis on discipleship and its warning against division, the homiletical approach is weak. The text is primarily used as a pretext for a series of moralistic character studies and personal anecdotes, largely disconnected from the foundational gospel doctrines of Romans 1-11. The Christological connection is absent, and the high ratio of personal commentary to textual exposition subordinates the authority of Scripture to the speaker's personality.