Episodes

Monday Apr 14, 2025
The Epistle to the Romans - Session 73 - Romans 13:2–3
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
We continue our discussion of the believer's response to governmental authorities by exploring the statement of Paul that all authorities, even those that are godless, are appointed by God and as such we are to be good citizens of whatever nation we find ourselves living in.

Monday Apr 14, 2025
The Epistle to the Romans - Session 72 - Romans 13:1
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
We begin a new section and topic in the Book of Romans which is the believer's response towards governmental authorities, even those that may not reflect a Christian worldview. This is an important topic, because the New Testament makes it clear that the believer is to be a model citizen, and is to obey governmental authority unless that authority specifically prohibits that which God commands.

Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
The Epistle to the Romans - Session 71 - Romans 12:17–21
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Paul completes his discussion of our Christian duties by focusing on how we are to treat our enemies.

Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
The Epistle to the Romans - Session 70 - Romans 12:14–16
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Having discussed our duties to ourselves and the family of God, Paul expands the circle in Romans 12:14–16 to all men. In these few verses, Paul packs a host of admonitions on how we are to treat others as representatives of Christ.

Saturday Apr 05, 2025
The Epistle to the Romans - Session 69 - Romans 12:9–13
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
In the last part of Romans 12, Paul lays out Christian virtues in an expanding circle from personal duties to the family of God, then to all people, and finally to enemies. In this session we look at the first two circles, personal duties and duties to the family of God.

Saturday Apr 05, 2025
The Epistle to the Romans - Session 68 - Romans 12:3–8 Part 3
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
We complete our study of spiritual gifts in Romans 12.

Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
The Epistle to the Romans - Session 67 - Romans 12:3-8 Part 2
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
We continue our discussion of spiritual gifts as found in Romans 12:3-8. Spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to minister to others in the body of Christ, the Church, and it is the responsibility of all believers to identify their spiritual gift and use it.

Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
The Epistle to the Romans - Session 66 - Romans 12:3-8 Part 1
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
In this session we begin a three-week discussion of spiritual gifts. All believers have a spiritual gift that is given to them to minister to the body of Christ. In this, and the next two sessions, we will look at what the New Testament teaches about spiritual gifts, identifying our spiritual five, and the necessity of exercising our spiritual gift for the good and health of the Church.

Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
The Epistle to the Romans - Session 64 - Romans 12:1–2
Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
Romans 12 begins the practical section of Romans. After laying out God's plan of salvation, Paul now turns to practical applications. He begins by exhorting his readers to present themselves wholly to God as a living sacrifice, as this is the only reasonable act of worship given the many blessings God has bestowed on believers.

Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
The Epistle to the Romans - Session 63 - Romans 11:25–36
Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
We finish Romans Chapter 11 by discussing Israel's ultimate salvation. Although the nation as a whole lives in rebellion against Christ - there is coming a day when their eyes will be open, they will be grafted back into the place of blessing, and receive all the promises God gave them in the Old Testament.