Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:15 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:18 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present…

Romans 7:19 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.  Does this sound familiar to anyone out there or am I…

20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. Paul wrote this letter to a church of Jews and Gentiles and masterfully navigated the tricky waters of…

5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Peace, man! When I was a little kid in the hippie era, that was a greeting. In WWI, there was peace of a sort on Christmas Day, 1914. For one day, French, English and German soldiers did NOT kill each other…

16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, Sola Fide. This is Latin for Faith alone. This was one of the building blocks of the Reformation…

For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God… For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Most Christians know this as a stand alone mile marker on the Romans Road of presenting the gospel. In reality, it is but one clause in a typically Pauline sentence…