Posts

We’re spending so much time together in Romans 12 because God wants to tell us here what kind of “A Transformed People” He wants us to become: A community of Christians who have been changed and are being changed by the gospel. Are you changing? Transformed people will be marked by 1. Generosity, 2. Unity,…

Pastor Matt asked a fundamental question on Sunday: “Can People Change?” To answer this, we turn to Romans 12. Romans 12 calls for all Christians to be conformed, and there are two ways how the people of God are to be transformed and to keep being transformed. A Transformed People Needs to 1. Stay on…

Last week, we said that the transformation of our mind includes our thinking about everything, including our thinking about ourselves. We should think of ourselves humbly, as belonging to the body, and as gifted for the body of Christ. But the transformation doesn’t stop there.It affects everything in our life. Just as the world wants…

Last week, Paul gave us a great big “THEREFORE” that tied the first 11 chapters together. We said that the next 4 chapters were going to be full of great asks. Picking up in verse 3, we focus on how we are to think of ourselves. Think of yourself soberly (levelheadedly), as belonging (and beloved)…

Today, we are turning a major corner in our sermon series that we’re calling “All Roads Lead to Romans.” Chapter 12 is the beginning of the last major section of the letter. And it’s very connected to the first eleven chapters of the book, but it’s very different from them, as well. It’s what we…