PREFACE<br > For several years I have been writing one-minute<br > radio spots. Often people have said， "Why don t you<br > publish them?" I have always backed away because<br > these spots were written with specific goals in view，<br > such as reading the Bible， attending worship， or es-<br > tablishing a Christian home. And since they were<br > written for radio， I didn t think they would hang<br > together and make a book.<br > But it occurred to me that this approach could<br > become a highly interesting and novel way of under-<br > standing a book in the Bible. So I applied myself to<br >writing simple， short chapters on Paul s Letter to the<br >Romans. This book is the result. It s original， since it<br >was not written for radio.<br > Obviously Day Brighteners cannot be an ex-<br >haustive study of Romans， nor does it attempt to deal<br >with some of the deeper issues raised by the text. But<br >it serves as an introduction to the teaching of this<br >eru cial epistle. It will take you into the heart of<br >Christianity， for Paul s Letter to Rome is really good<br >news. The text used is the translation by J. B. Phillips，<br >which I find to be the most exciting and helpful. You<br >may read it as any other book or as a daily devotional<br >guide. You will note a unique manner of<br >paragraphing to make each reading crisp and clear.<br >