We are in Romans 9 this week looking at the message Paul has for the Christians living in Rome. This week we read that there are Jews that would not accept Christ and it broke Paul’s heart. Paul would give up everything for his fellow people to accept Christ, and this is okay to think. […]
This week we take a look at Romans 8 to see the message Paul has for the Christians living in Rome. We start by examining the sinful nature of man and how it goes against the very nature of God. We further look at the process of being adopted into God’s family, ultimately being children […]
This week we are in Romans 7 seeing what Paul has to say to the Christians living in Rome. The beginning of this passage sees Paul using the illustration of marriage under the Law to demonstrate how the Law was once the husband of the Jewish people, but that has come to pass and Jesus […]
We continue our series through Romans this week in Romans 6. Last week we learned that where sin multiplied, grace multiplied more. Paul starts out this chapter clarifying that we should not continue in our sin just so grace can continue to multiply. Christians have two lives: one under sin, death, and destruction and one […]
We continue our trek through Romans this week as we go through Romans 5; Richard explains through this chapter that as sin multiplied in the world after Adam, the grace offered to us through Christ was multiplied even further. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his […]
This week we are in Romans 4 continuing to look at Paul’s instructions for the Christians living in Rome. Abraham’s righteousness was credited to him by his faith in God’s promise, not by what he could or would do for God. Now it was credited to him was not written for Abraham alone, but also […]
This week we are in Romans 3 looking at the righteousness and glory of God. Nothing we do can make us righteous before God (Romans 3:23); however we have hope. In Romans 3:24, we are told that we are justified by freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Richard is starting a new series, “When in Rome,” to see how Paul’s instructions for the issues Christians in Rome face. This week we are in Romans 1. We all have a past/history, but the good news is that we all have the same hope in Christ.
This week we conclude the series “A Tale of Two Babies” by reading Mark 1:1-8 where it clearly defined the role John was to play in Jesus’ ministry. John laid the foundation for Christ to begin His ministry and we are called to continue to build on the foundation and message of Christ.
As we move into the Christmas season, we focus on the birth of Christ and often overlook the birth of John the Baptist. This week we take a look at the birth of John in Luke 1 and the significance this plays in the story of Christ.