All Sermons in Romans

(Text Only) Title: Paul’s Explanation of God’s Decisions v25 “propitiation” Last week we moved through the text and then I insisted we come to a grinding halt when we arrived at the word “Justification.”  I chose to do that because I believe that most Christians know the word justification, some even use it in their…

(Text Only) Title: The Fulfillment of the Law During Paul’s concluding statement on God’s judgement, he closes with this very interesting paragraph laden with rhetorical questions.  In fact, he is so heavy in his use of rhetoric, some find it easier to see Paul’s argument develop if we break down this passage in terms of…

(Text Only) Title: “No, no dig up, stupid!” v1 “What then shall we say…” At this point Paul moves his focus back to the Jewish believers in Rome.  We understand this because of the inclusive use of the words “we” and “our.” Point: In your sphere of influence, look for areas of inclusion.  Your life…

(Text Only) Title: How different our blessing suddenly becomes I.  We are not off the hook, there is work to do! v5 “But to him who does not work…”   We need to fully understand exactly what Paul is and is not saying here.  What he’s saying, as he further builds on his appeal to…

(Text Only) Title: The Issue of Circumcision I.  The Oxymoron v9 (read) Having proclaimed victory in his argument of salvation by faith alone, apart from works, and apart from the Law, Paul now moves his discussion to address a further Jewish criticism of his argument, which is this: How does circumcision figure into the Christian…

(Text Only) Title: A Condition of the Heart Before we begin today, I need to recognize the fact that it’s been no less than five Sundays since we’ve been in the book or Romans so I want to recap what we’ve studied in chapter four up to this point.  Paul is at the stage of…

(Text Only) Title: Got Faith? I.  Faith: Important, Different, Distinctive v16 “Therefore…”   Age old Bible rule: Whenever you see a “Therefore” look back to the previous verse to see what it’s there for. Last week we looked at verses 13-15 and came to the conclusion that Paul was saying that salvation had to be…

(Text Only) Title: Conclusions from Chapter 4 v18 “contrary to hope, in hope believed…”  I know the English translation of what Paul wrote in Greek can be a bit confusing here.  What Paul is saying is that “rational hope” was that there was no realistic way that Sarah could have a child at 90 years…

(Text Only) Title: The Great Transition v1.  “Therefore, having been justified by faith..” In Paul’s letter to the Romans, this may well be one of the most important transitional phrases in the entire letter.  As we well know, Paul devotes the entirety of chapter four to proving the idea of justification by faith alone, and…

(Text Only) Title: Paul’s greatest word….ever. v7 Paul describes the thoughts of mankind. Here Paul outlines that it is not impossible to think that for a “good” or “righteous” man would another give up his life, but it would certainly be rare.  For those of you familiar with Charles Dickens work A Tale of Two…

(Text Only) Title: The State of Sin I’ll be honest with you this morning.  This was a difficult text to prepare to teach.  Not only is the message difficult, but the text itself can be somewhat confusing, and, in truth, the sermon for this text should be verse 12 all the way through verse 17,…

(Text Only) Title: Adam and Christ Intro: This church and its ministry have a long standing history of expository preaching.  This tradition is no coincidental or arbitrary, but rather a very thoughtful, well researched, and well implemented plan that stands upon the belief that expository preaching is the cornerstone of a well educated, Biblical, New…