As Paul continues to urge the Romans to unity within the church, he turns to God’s purpose for bringing us together. All that God does is done for His glory,…
In these verses Paul builds on his point that those who are strong in faith with regard to secondary issues have the greater responsibility towards brothers and sister who are…
Again, following another call not to judge one another with regard to secondary convictions, Paul now calls the strong in faith to not deliberately trip up the weaker brother. This…
Easter Day is the true Day of Days! It is the day when the tomb where Jesus' dead body was laid, was found empty with the first eyewitnesses being women.…
With regard to secondary issues, we are to welcome one another because Jesus is Lord. Since He is the Lord, we are not to judge one another regarding actions that…
Moving into chapter 14, Paul turns to matters of conscience and second-tier issues. These issues are often great disrupters to unity in the church. In the context of the Roman…
Romans 13:1-7 is a well known and challenging passage about how we are to relate to government. While it does not cover everything the Bible has to say about human…
As Chapter 12 concludes, Paul continues to exhort his listeners to love. He calls Christians to love even their enemies and to not repay evil for evil. This is in…
As Paul just stated in 12:5, we are “individually, members one of another” in the body of Christ/the family of God. We are because God is love and has loved…
God’s mercy towards us not only moves us to humility towards Him, but humility towards our brothers and sisters in Christ. The context of our transformation by the renewing of…