Romans 10:12-13 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”  If there is a thesis statement to Romans, this may be it. Paul’s anguish for his fellow…

Romans 9:19-20 19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” Paul wrote in Romans 9 that we are saved when God elects…

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…