Pastor Chandler did a wonderful job as he took on the challenging doctrine of election on Sunday that Paul begins to unfold in detail in Romans 9:6-13. Paul's anguish for…
Romans chapters 9-11 are challenging in a number of ways as Paul contemplates the relationship of Israel and God now that the Messiah has come and they largely rejected Him.…
The first 8 chapters of Romans are a beautiful, detailed unfolding of the Gospel. To prepare for our restarting of Romans next Sunday, I did a review of the first…
At the end Romans 8, there is only one question left to ask. Is there anything that can come between God and His love for those in Christ Jesus? And…
At the end of Romans 8, Paul breaks out into pure worship as he contemplates all that the Holy Spirit has just inspired him to write. He asks, "what can…
Coming to the end of Romans chapter 8, and the first half of the whole book, Paul reaches a crescendo. After proclaiming the well-known phrase "that all thing work together…
Paul has been dealing with the presence of suffering in our lives and in all creation which now brings him to state two great truths. The first is that we…
After discussing the glories of adoption, Paul continues by explaining the joy that that offers to us as we face persecution on a daily basis. He reminds us that persecution…
In this passage, Paul tells us that true spirituality is being led by the Holy Spirit. Being led by Spirit means to put to death the deeds of the flesh…
Having contrasted the life in the Spirit and life in the flesh, Paul states that if anyone does not have the Holy Spirit, then they are not in Christ. Having…