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Romans Part 6 Faith and Trust

Try to imagine these Jews, who for a generation have thought that being God's chosen people meant being God's only people. Paul says actually "No". This is why Paul can say that even those who don't have the law and yet they do what's required, they show that God is written on their hearts.

Parables of Grace Part 6 Swept and Garnished

It is the blessed foolishness of the preaching of the cross that we are saved. If we allow that death to be our only light, then we are light indeed.

Romans Part 5 Judgment

Chapter 2 Paul is saying that if you read chapter one verses 21 to 32 and your first instinct is "Them", then you missed his point. Paul is saying that "all" are without excuse.

Parables of Grace Part 5 The Friend at Midnight

This parable from Luke 11 tells us that it is out of death, not life, that God rises to answer our prayers. And note well, that he rises, not in response to the reasonableness of our requests, but for no good reason other than to raise the rest of the dead.

Romans Part 4 Wrath vs Righteousness

Paul wants to compare and contrast the righteousness that brings life with the wrath that leads to death. I think what Paul really wants to say is that the revelation of God's wrath is itself a manifestation of God's righteousness.

Parables of Grace Part 4 The Good Samaritan

The central figure in this parable is not the Good Samaritan. He is simply one of three characters in the story who have the opportunity to display neighborliness as Jesus defines it. The defining character, the one to whom the other three respond by being - non-neighbor or neighbor - is the man who fell among thieves.

Romans Part 3 Good to Meet You

Jesus is God's gracious love made manifest in history. The Divine, finally and fully revealed. Remember that's the story of Jesus, that's the Gospel. Grace and Peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ!

Parables of Grace Part 3 The Unforgiving Servant

None of our sins, none of our trespasses will ever be an obstacle to the grace that raises the dead. But if we refuse to die, in particular, if we insist on binding other's debts upon them in the name of our own right to live. We will, by not letting grace have its way through us, cut ourselves off from ever knowing the joy of grace in us.

Romans Part 2 A Good Story

Any attempt to explain good news that sounds more like a textbook or a transaction or a recipe and less like a compelling story that invites you to turn to the next page has somehow missed the point. Romans is heavy and it is going to get heavier, and Paul knows it. But gospel is easy, and Paul wants us to live in that first.

Parables of Grace Part 2 Lost Sheep

He finds us in the desert, not in the garden of improvement. And in the power of Jesus' resurrection, he puts us on his shoulders rejoicing and brings us home.