Romans 5:1-2 It is your first day of work. You applied for a job in a large company and they accepted you. You are excited to be part of this grand international company. You put on a suit and tie (or dress) and head off to work with some nervousness. What will this new job…
Romans 4 With Annie back after a month’s absence, it is probably not the best idea to start my sermon by telling a story about an old girlfriend, but in my defense, she was really not that much of a girlfriend. On our first date I took her to see the Godfather, a movie not…
Romans 3:24-26 We continue this morning looking at what Martin Luther called the chief point, and the very central place of the Epistle, and of the whole Bible. These six verses (21 to 26) are packed with content and nuance and we are trying this week and last to expose the truth in these verses…
Romans 3:21-26 We come this morning to what John Stott refers to as the heart of the book of Romans, what Martin Luther wrote in the margin of his Bible as being the chief point, and the very central place of the Epistle, and of the whole Bible. These seven verses have been called by…
Romans 3:9-20 There was a look of shock on the faces of the congregation last January when I announced that we were beginning a series of sermons on Romans that would last six or seven years. That look of shock was replaced by a sigh of relief when I said that we would focus on…