Today is 6-28. I spent most of my childhood at 628 Catherine Street in Forest Park. It made me think of my friends and neighbors and the times we spent as young people. I had a wonderful childhood and learned a lot about life – what to do and what not to do (sometimes at a very painful cost to my backside).…
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Romans
We’re still in the section of Romans where Paul is convicting three different groups of their sin and their need for God. This week we looked at the religious group. The group that goes to church and outwardly does all the “right things.” However, Paul gets on to this group – specifically the Jews when he says, you then who teach others,…
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezekiel 36:26-27 We are in a series on Paul’s letter…
This has been a busy week for me and I have fallen behind on sending out a daily blog. We have begun a series on the letter to the Romans. Many Christians believe Romans to be the finest book of the Bible. I found this by J.I. Packer, which echoes many pastors and theologians. I thought that I would share his insights…
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” Romans 1:17 Have you ever looked at a passage in the Bible and thought to yourself that it really doesn’t apply to you? If we are honest, I believe that we can read anything in the Bible and convince…
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the…
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son…,” Romans 1:1-3a Yesterday we began a study of the book of Romans. Paul’s letter to the Christians living in Rome is the most thorough and systematic explanation of who Jesus…