John Murray, one of the best modern interpreters of Romans, uses the word application in his introduction to this section of the book. He says, “At this point the apostle comes to deal with concrete practical application.”1 Perhaps an even better word is consequences. It occurs to me because of the compelling slogan of the Hillsdale College newsletter, Imprimis: “Because Ideas Have Consequences.” We have had lots of ideas in the first great sections of Romans—truthful ideas, stirring ideas, ideas