Episodes

Sunday Apr 13, 2025
There Is No Third Way (Romans 5:12-21)
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
We are all either in Adam or in Christ. There is no third way.

Sunday Apr 06, 2025
The Blessings of Justification (Romans 5:1-11)
Sunday Apr 06, 2025
Sunday Apr 06, 2025
Justification by faith alone is not simply a biblical doctrine to be theologically critiqued or debated. Justification by faith alone has life-altering blessings to which we should cling.

Sunday Mar 30, 2025
You've Got To Have Faith (Romans 4:12-25)
Sunday Mar 30, 2025
Sunday Mar 30, 2025
God is fulfilling His promise to bless father Abraham with many sons and daughters as people embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ by faith alone.

Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Counted As Righteous (Romans 4:1-12)
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Abraham was the prime example of justification by faith, righteousness being credited and not merited, and salvation being inclusive not exclusive.

Sunday Mar 16, 2025
But Now! (Romans 3:21-31)
Sunday Mar 16, 2025
Sunday Mar 16, 2025
There's no room for boasting in our salvation when the righteousness God offers is received by the faith God gives as a gift and the basis for the justification God declares.

Sunday Mar 09, 2025
The Prosecution Rests (Romans 3:9-20)
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
In his closing argument, Paul says the evidence, which includes the compelling testimony of Scripture, has shown beyond any reasonable doubt that no one is without excuse and is guilty before God due to sin and no one is justified by the works of the law. No not one!

Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Cross Examination (Romans 3:1-8)
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Paul pauses his case for the sinfulness of all mankind to address some objections. As we hear Paul’s refutation, may we join him in being not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Heart Surgery (Romans 2:17-29)
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Paul exposes both legalism and formalism for what they are, forms of self-righteousness and false hope in terms of our justification.

Sunday Feb 16, 2025
What the Lord Requires (Romans 2:12-16)
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Having driven home the point that God’s judgement is going to be just, patient, certain, impartial, and appropriate, Paul moves on to identify the standard by which everyone will be judged.

Sunday Feb 09, 2025
No Excuses, No Escape, No Exceptions (Romans 2:1-11)
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
The Jews were judging the Gentiles and not holding themselves to the same standard. So Paul wanted them to know their only hope was the same hope as the Gentiles. A righteousness not their own.

Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Without Excuse - Part 2 (Romans 1:24-32)
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Are there sins more heinous than others? Yes. Do all sins deserve God’s wrath? Absolutely. But there is hope. God offers salvation from them all in Christ.

Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Without Excuse - Part 1 (Romans 1:18-25)
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
We can’t appreciate the good news unless we understand the bad news. Paul rightly diagnosed the bad news and we must apprehend the severity of it to appreciate the solution which is the Gospel.