Today’s reading is Romans 8: 1-17 This is why we had to walk through the sin and agony of Chapter 7, why we had to experience that frustration with yourself and your sin. We are tempted to beat ourselves up, to … Continue reading
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Category Archives: Rooted
This Body of Death
Today’s reading is Romans 7: 14-25 Today’s story is all our story. It is the story of faith and of struggle and of everything. Today’s text is the story of everyone that has tried to love and serve Jesus. Paul knows … Continue reading
The Law and Grace
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
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
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