Posts Tagged ‘All Roads Lead To Romans’
How to Think of Yourself – 26 April 2015
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)…
Read MoreTherefore – 19 April 2015
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…
Read MoreGod Always Keeps His Promises – 12 April 2015
For the past several weeks, we have been focusing on Paul’s response to a situation that was troubling him. We have closely examined the answers Paul has given. That God did not promise that every Israelite would inherit the promises and that Israel stumbled in that they rejected the Messiah. In Chapter 11, Paul offers…
Read MoreGod Raised Him From The Dead – Resurrection Sunday – 5 April 2015
On this Resurrection Sunday, we pause in Romans 10 to look a bit closer at two verses from last week’s text. These 2 verses use a literary device to show how important the relationship is between certain concepts and ideas.There are three big words in these two verses that we will focus on: #1. Believe.…
Read MoreIsrael Stumbled – 29 March 2015
We are more than half way through Romans and are continuing our series, All Roads Lead to Romans. Paul is troubled with a problem he sees within Israel. We covered the first answer to the problem. This week, we look at a second answer: Israel Stumbled. Paul explores how the people of Israel (and us…
Read MoreThe Word of God Has Not Failed – 22 March 2015
Moving on in our series, All Roads Lead to Romans, we see that Paul has a dramatic change of tone as we enter into chapter 9. You see, Paul is troubled by something, tortured by something. He’s got a big problem. He’s got what he calls “great sorrow and unceasing anguish in [his] heart.” As…
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