Today’s reading is Romans 7: 1-13 Romans 7 is one of the most heartbreaking and painful chapters of the Bible, to me at least. But Chapter 7 is the Good Friday to Chapter 8’s Easter. Chapter 8 is so beautiful … Continue reading
The Law and Grace
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Wages and Gifts
Today’s reading is Romans 6: 15-23 Today’s reading includes another one of those great passages of scripture. Romans 6: 23 tells us that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life. I think the language … Continue reading
Passions
Today’s reading is Romans 6: 5-14 Paul continues in his rebuttal to sin, and it’s power in our lives. Paul talks about something very interesting today in this text. He says in verse 12 to not let sin have dominion in … Continue reading
Actions Matter
Today’s reading is Romans 6: 1-4 Thus far in Romans we’ve seen how we are saved not by our actions, but through faith and grace. We saw yesterday that that yes sin is great, but grace is greater. So it … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Romans 5: 12-21 In today’s passage, we see Paul contrast Jesus and Adam. Through Adam, sin entered the world. Through the fall, all humans have original sin and that their sinful actions deserve punishment. That is the way … Continue reading
At Just the Right Moment
Today’s reading is Romans 5: 1-11 Today’s passage has some of the most important verses in all the bible within it, or at least it does to me. Verse 7 says that at the right time, Jesus died for us. Then … Continue reading
Faith Leads to Righteousness
Today’s reading is Romans 4: 13-25 Now Paul is stressing his next point. He’s such a good lawyer; his training shows itself over and over in Romans. We now all agree that what made Abraham righteous was not his religious actions … Continue reading
Signs of the Covenant
Today’s reading is Romans 4: 1-12 Today we see Paul talking about Abraham’s faith being what made him righteous. But we also see a bit of the conversation shift towards circumcision. Why is this significant? Paul walks us through Abraham’s call, … Continue reading
All
Today’s reading is Romans 3: 21-31 We see this radical equality today. We see that all stand condemned, for all have fallen short of the glory of God. All have. I have. You have. God shows no partiality. Everyone has fallen … Continue reading
Grace is the Path Forward
Today’s reading is Romans 3: 9-20 Paul continues down the path of showing that all are sinful. You may be thinking, why does Paul keep going here? What is he trying to tell us? Part of the struggle that Paul is … Continue reading
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