We start a new series leading up to Easter, studying the animals of Easter. We start out in Matthew 21:1-11and our first animal is the donkey. To truly understand, we first have to reset our views of donkeys from the American/Western views of stubborn animals that are hard to deal with. When we look back […]
We wrap up our study in Romans this week in Romans 15 & 16. In these final chapters, Paul again emphasizes the purpose of his writings is for the Gentiles to get to know Christ and that we are to be unified as the Church. Paul even points to the Old Testament scriptures showing that […]
We go through Romans 14 this week as we continue the When in Rome series. In the Roman church there was a division between the Old Covenant Jews and the Gentiles; the church has had divisions since the beginning and we can apply the same message to the Church today. Paul calls us to be […]
This week we are studying Romans 13 and what it means to be a good neighbor and that we are to submit to authority. In the first part of the chapter, Paul tells us that we should be submitting to the governing authority since there is no authority except that which comes from God. We […]
As we start Romans 12, we start to see how we can apply the doctrine that was revealed to us in the first eleven chapters of Romans. We start by seeing that we should be a living sacrifice and here are three different ways we should be doing it: 1. We sacrifice ourselves for Him. […]
In Romans 10, Paul again expresses how his heart breaks for his people that continue to reject Christ. They are a zealous people, passionate about their faith, but they were lacking knowledge of who Christ was and why He came. Our job as Christians is the same as it was back then; we are to […]
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 […]