A Guilt-Free Christmas
Mark Howard
Numerous articles offer tips to enjoy Christmas guilt-free: eat less, drink less, rest more… These tips often leave us feeling more guilty! Romans 8:1-13 provides the real help we need. It reminds us that the first Christmas happened for a reason! Jesus came to save us from sins guilt and sins grip!
True Hope In Christ
Mark Howard
At Christmas, we often focus on benevolence and helping our fellow man. This is good, but can suggest that the hope for humanity lies in embracing ‘the true spirit of Christmas’ rather than trusting in Christ. Romans 7 helps by showing us the powerless of morality to change us. What we ultimately need is a […]
Free In Christ
Mark Howard
Does the gospel of grace give us a free pass on sin? Isn’t legalism a more effective way to change people? Romans 6:15-23 helps explain why ONLY grace can bring real change. We have been freed from slavery to sin, so that we can become slaves of Jesus.
Alive in Christ
Mark Howard
If we’re saved completely by God’s grace, does it matter how we live? Doesn’t the idea of free forgiveness served to perpetuate injustice rather than help solve society’s biggest problems? In Romans 6:1-14, Paul addresses these issues in terms of our union with Christ. Christian’s have been saved from sin’s reign and given a new […]
Anxious & Troubled
Michael Goodlin
Before a busy week of Thanksgiving preparations, Luke 10:38-42 calls us to consider why we are serving.
Life In Christ
Mark Howard
What is making your anxious? There is plenty going on to trouble our hearts! In Romans 5:12-21, all of those things are set in a broader context. As we face anxiety over the big mess in the world, it helps us not to lose sign of God’s BIGGER mercy in Jesus.
Life At Peace
Mark Howard
In Romans 1-4, we learned the heart of the good news of Christ. In Romans 5-8, we move onto consider the implications of this gospel as we continue to live in a world full of sin and pain. Romans 5:1-11 explains that in Christ we can know true peace in the present and about the […]
Faith Not Law
Mark Howard
What do you want for Christmas? Sometimes it can be hard to decide! Back in Genesis, God promised Abraham the world! How do we come to share in that promise? Romans 4:13-25 makes it clear that it can’t be through following the rules, but is only through faith in Christ!
Always Through Faith
David Royes
So far in Romans, we have seen the bad news of our sin and the good news of God’s gracious salvation through faith in Jesus. But how does that fit with everything that came before? In Romans 4:1-12, we see how salvation has always and only been by faith in God’s promise.
The Only Solution
Mark Howard
After two and a half chapters of bad news, Romans 3:21-31 reveals the GOOD news! It’s the best news we could imagine, since it perfectly deals with our biggest problem.
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