What is gospel numbness? Michael Kelley preaches this week from Romans 2:1-16.
The gospel is presented as the answer to many needs, and even desires. But what does the gospel itself tell us about our greatest problem? What is our greatest need? The wrath of God is essential to his righteous nature. God’s wrath is his righteous response to unrighteousness, and those who sin against him are […]
The gospel is central to our faith. This center will hold. Romans 1 tells us that the gospel is God’s and it concerns his Son. The gospel is the power of God for salvation because it is the message of what Jesus Christ, the Son of God has done to save us. The saving acts […]
How did Paul go from being a persecutor of the church to an apostle of God who preached the gospel? How did Jews and Gentiles in Rome become the saints of God who belong to Jesus Christ? How did we get here, in this state of grace, believing in Christ, connected as a congregation, and […]
Why read and preach through the book of Romans? Because this New Testament letter to the church in Rome contains the central message of the Christian faith. The good news is that God makes sinners right with himself by grace though faith on the basis of Christ’s work on the cross and his resurrection from […]
God our Father wants to conform us to the image of his Son Jesus Christ. He has given us his Spirit who uses his Word to transform our hearts. This work of grace moves us to pursue it by faith. Faith begins in prayer; asking God to open our eyes, give us life, incline our […]