Episodes
Monday May 09, 2022
Romans 13- God’s Purpose In Election
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
Paul entertains a question about God's faithfulness to "bring us all the way home" that is potentially undone by Jewish rejection of the Gospel. The answer takes us deep into the mind of God and his purposes in election and a "love that will not let me go."
Monday May 02, 2022
Romans 12- The Convinced Life
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
Insecurities plague us everyday and are often the root cause of the anxieties that shorten our lives. But Paul's exposition at the end of Romans 8 gives us a picture of a totally secure and convinced life, resting in the certainty of the Christian vision of the future.
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Romans 11- No Condemnation
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Romans 8 is a chapter that is preoccupied with the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of Christians. But what exactly does the Spirit do? How does he drive home the "no condemnation" that Paul pronounces at the beginning of this magnificent chapter?
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Romans 10- The Christian Life Is A Fight
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
The law of God has picked a fight with believing people. Because what was started by grace can never be completed by law. This inevitably leads to conflict. Understanding and locating this conflict is THE key to Christian growth and sanctification.
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Romans 09- In Search of a New Life
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
It is the express intention of the Christian faith to bring about a change of life in the believer. The whole forward motion of the Bible is to fix the world from sin's destruction. HOW Paul leads us through that in Romans 6 is revolutionary for the doctrine of sanctification.
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Romans 08- The Assured Life
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Justification by grace through faith is the medicine that cures believing people of doubting lives. Paul wants the Romans to live assured lives. So in Chapter 5 he unpacks the logic of assurance of salvation and how we can really know that we are standing in his grace.
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Romans 07- Learning to Believe
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Paul has hung a lot of theological weight on the doctrine of justification, but the means by which those benefits come to Christians is through "faith." But what does it mean to "have faith?" Turns out that imbedded in the life of the Jewish patriarch Abraham is the powerful answer!
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Romans 06- Justification: The Lifestyle
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Paul says that no one will be justified by the "works of the law." That was his way of confronting Jewish people for their adherence to exclusionary cultural norms. But we still have those ourselves. What are the ways we seek to justify ourselves in OUR day?
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Romans 05- Justification: The Theology
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
We LOVE to catalogue the details of good news! How much more does Paul revel in the precision and details of God's provision for his people in Christ. Three massive concepts: justification, redemption and propitiation, are all laid out for God's people to mine for joy.
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Romans 04- The Insult of Sin
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Nothing can break up the ordinariness of our day quite like an insult can. And yet, Paul unpacks a sweeping condemnation of all people (both religious and irreligious) in the middle part of Romans 3. This week, we look at the Christian doctrine of Total Depravity.
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