Romans 12:12 & 15:13 – Hope
It’s easy to hope when things are going well, but what about when things are not going so well? What about wen drudgery seems to overcome us?
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Perspectives on Paul 11-18-20
I wrote a short story as a lead-in to this study and posted it on The Jevlir Caravansary. It is titled About the Jump in Safety Violations. It illustrates what I’m trying to say about the law in this discussion. Video PowerPoint This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office. PDF (4 Pages)
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Perspectives on Paul for 10-07-20
Presentation Video: Power Point: This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office. PDF: Remember: Resources for Studying Paul
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Finished Romans Class
Earlier this evening I finished my Wednesday night class on the book of Romans. For the study of Romans 16, I used a sermon by Dr. Fred Craddock off of YouTube. Here it is: I have never found anything that is quite like this as a presentation on Romans 16. Dr. Fred Craddock was indeed…
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Philippians 2:1-11, Romans 12, and the Nature of Christian Community
That’s a fairly ambitious title I gave myself, but the content is a bit less ambitious. When I found that I’d be teaching from Philippians 2 in Sunday School, I commented that if someone couldn’t teach a class from Philippians 2:5-11, they should just give up teaching. That’s probably a bit harsh, but the passage…
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What Do I Do About Grace?
This question has come up a number of times in my Romans study group, and it’s a good one. I’m not one to call all questions good. In fact, I think if you ask the wrong question, you often end up with an answer that leads you astray. In this case, however, we’ve gone from…
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Free Will and Hardening Hearts (Romans 9:14-24)
This is a follow-up to my last Wednesday night’s (November, 2018) discussion from Romans 9 at Chumuckla Community Church. The passage cited is not my suggestion of a good division of the material in Romans 9, but rather is just where we started and ended up. I did have to look back to verse 13…
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Preparing to Teach Romans Tonight: Quote
From Meditations on the Letters of Paul, by Herold Weiss: Jesus’ faith in God is what gives life to sinners. This point is made in another famous Pauline confession: “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh…
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On John Wesley and Total Depravity
I’ve drawn some questions and produced some amusement (from Calivinist friends) by using the term “total depravity.” Listeners were surprised to hear a Wesleyan use that particular term. “Sinners,” “sinful,” and similar terms, OK, but total depravity? I have previously heard people remark that total depravity isn’t Wesleyan, so as United Methodists we don’t believe that….
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Tonight in Romans
This evening, at 6 pm at Chumuckla Community Church, we continue the study of Romans, just starting chapter 2. Here’s a quote from some of my reading today: The Gospel is not just a matter for the mind, a message that must be understood. It is a way of being in the world that must be lived….
