Here once more Paul reiterates and emphasizes the central place loving others has in the lives of all who are in Christ. It is a debt...
In this passage the Apostle Paul speaks to our relationship as those who are in Christ with civil authorities. How are we to...
In this message we explore the final five verses of this section of Paul’s letter, a section of ethical exhortations. Here Paul speaks...
What does the world around us “hear” when they listen to our lives as the church? Do they hear the harmony to which Christ calls us?...
Here we come to another imperative from Christ. As his disciples we are to “bless those who persecute [us].” This is hard word that...
Here we encounter two related but distinct exhortations, both of which call for generosity. As those who are in Christ, saved by His...
This triad of exhortations hangs together tightly with Christian hope at its core. The grand arch of the Biblical story is one that...
Here we come to the next exhortation in this unit of Romans. We are warned of the danger we all face and called to intentionally and...
Here we are exhorted to “honour” one another above ourselves, but what exactly does that mean? Delving into the culture realities of...
In this message we continue to make our way through this list of exhortations for us as those redeemed by Jesus. Here we are...
In this message we move into the situation on the ground in the church in Rome. Evidently there are two groups of Christians in this...
In these verses Paul sums up and reiterates all that he has been teachings us since the beginning of chapter 12. As those who are now...
In this message we continue to make our way through this thirteen verse unit of ethical injunctions. Immediately on the heals of an...
Here we enter into a unit of 13 verses in which Paul asserts an assortment of ethical commands. How are we to view it and how does it...
Here Paul continues to unpack the implications of the gospel in our lives as disciples of Jesus. As Paul makes clear, discipleship...
Here we enter into a new part of Paul’s letter, but one that is deeply and vitally anchored to all that he has contended to this point....
In these verses Paul pauses. Over eleven chapters he has delineated the good news, showing readers’ their need for redemption and then...
Here Paul speaks of “this mystery” that he wants to make certain his readers understand. But the mystery is not actually anything new...
All theology is ultimately practical — it is about real life — so how does what Paul write here, speak into how we are to live? That...
Paul begins this passage with a question which is critical to the letter of Romans as a whole and to the situation of his original...
