Romans 12:2

Romans 12:2

Series: Romans

Title: Conformed or Transformed? Someone tell me what Paul is saying here in your own language.  (Ben, isn’t that your job?) I’m going to make a basic assumption today.  I’m going to assume you get the idea of what Paul is saying here, and why, and I’m going to focus on a heart issue that…

Romans 12:3-5

Romans 12:3-5

Series: Romans

Title: Members of One Body As we move deeper into chapter 12 of Romans, we see Paul’s teaching begin to take hold as he is addressing the very real danger of division within a fellowship.  For this reason, Paul offers us three areas that we need to recognize as important within our church.  And that…

Romans 12:6-8

Romans 12:6-8

Series: Romans

Title: Seven gifts and Their Uses In the section of scripture we’ll be dealing with today we see that Paul has outlines seven gifts that occur in the ministry.  It is important to note that this list is not conclusive, (there are other gifts that are spoken of in other sections of Paul’s writings that…

Romans 12:9-11

Romans 12:9-11

Series: Romans

Title: Without Hypocrisy I know it’s been a few Sundays since we’ve been in Romans, with Mallorie sharing two weeks ago and Jamie bringing us the Word from Ephesians last week.  As we get back into Romans, let me remind you that now is the time when Paul is shifting his letter to the very…

Romans 12:12-13

Romans 12:12-13

Series: Romans

Title: Without Hypocrisy, Part Two We will pick up where we left off last week, now looking at the last five of eight characteristics of a health Christian that Paul lays out for us.  Again, let me remind you that all eight of these things fall under the umbrella of Paul’s main teaching that our…

Romans 12:14

Romans 12:14

Series: Romans

Title: Bless and do not Curse Today we will continue Paul’s outline and instruction on how a Christian ought to behave.  Whereas the lessons of the last two weeks focused on our individual behavior, today we will look at corporate behavior in the church, and how we ought to respond to one another. Another way…

Romans 12:15-21

Romans 12:15-21

Series: Romans

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Romans 13:1-3

Romans 13:1-3

Series: Romans

Title: Submission to Authorities I.  Paul calls every person to Civil Obedience v1  “every soul”  Paul is not just talking to Christians in his letter to the Romans, moreover, he is writing to more non-Christians than Christians, and calling all people to a level of civil obedience.  This is interesting because: 1.  Romans was written…

Romans 13:4-14

Romans 13:4-14

Series: Romans

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Romans 14 Overview

Romans 14 Overview

Series: Romans

Title: The Priesthood of the Believer *Note from Pastor Ben: The original sermons from Romans 14, which I preached through in early 2008 were lost to a hard drive crash. The following is an hour long teaching I presented in the Summer of 2016, covering the entirety of the key aspects of Paul’s teachings in…

Romans 15:1-6

Romans 15:1-6

Series: Romans

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Romans 15:7-13

Romans 15:7-13

Series: Romans

Title: The Gentiles Were Always Part of the Plan At this point in Paul’s letter to the Romans, the discussion takes a somewhat surprising turn, though if we go all the way back to the beginning of Chapter 14, it won’t seem like such an awkward deviation by Paul. Starting in Chapter 14, about six…