Message: There is so much going on in Romans 8! Some of the most popular scriptures that Christians talk about are found in this chapter but it comes together as one fluid thought when you read the entire chapter in... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 7 Paul uses their understanding of the Mosaic Law in regard to marriage in order to explain their relationship to the law after receiving Christ. According to the law, when a woman married a man she was... Continue reading →

Message:  In Acts 6 Paul answers the questions that tangle up so many Christians. Now that we are “free from the law” is it acceptable to continue in sin knowing that God’s grace will be multiplied to cover it all?... Continue reading →

Message: In Romans 5 Paul had just established that we have righteousness through faith. Yesterday we talked about how easy it is to get this backwards and try to prove our righteousness through works. But when we understand that we... Continue reading →

Message: In Romans 4 Paul used Abraham as an example to show that he was credited as righteous due to his faith before he was even circumcised. The idea of having right standing before God without being circumcised was a... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 3 Paul uses a lot of compare and contrast to explain the righteousness of God. He poses the question: who is better off? Jews or Gentiles? He answers his own question and many others by explaining that... Continue reading →

Message/Application: In Romans 2 Paul pulled away the crutches that we all use to prop up our own perceived righteousness. For the Jews it was circumcision and the law. They saw themselves as privileged and untouchable regardless of how they... Continue reading →

Message: In Romans 1 I noticed a dramatic shift in Paul’s approach. When he was ministering to the Jews he was pleading with them to search the scriptures and see that Jesus was the promised Messiah. His approach with the... Continue reading →

Message: In the last chapter of Acts Paul and the shipwrecked crew washed up on the beach of the unknown island where they ran their ship aground. The people were good and hospitable to them but they didn’t know them... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 27 Paul was being taken to Rome as a prisoner to face Caesar but he was treated kindly and respectfully by the centurion taking him. Paul warned them that their voyage was headed for disaster and they... Continue reading →

Observations: Today I’m not writing about any particular lesson applications. I picked up some interesting observations and I’m just going to share them. In Leviticus 25 Moses wass giving the law pertaining to the properties they owned, the fields they... Continue reading →

Message: In Leviticus 24 two men got in a fight and one cursed God. God told Moses to take the man outside the camp and have everyone who heard him curse come out, lay hands on his head and then... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 24 Paul finally saw his day in court as promised. The high priest came in with his lawyer and began his suck-up statements to Felix and presented fabricated accusations that Paul was disturbing the peace that the... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 24 Paul was under the protection of the Roman government because the Jews had made accusations and were plotting to kill him. You can clearly see the working relationship between the Jewish council and the Roman government... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 22 Paul had been accused by an angry mob, turned over to the government and beaten until he told them he was a Roman citizen. He stood before them and tried his hardest to relate to them... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 20 Paul was stopping at different places on his way to Jerusalem and saying goodbye to them all. There were several who heard warnings from the Holy Spirit about the sufferings Paul would go through. They begged... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 20 Paul was saying is final goodbyes to some of the churches because he knew the Holy spirit was warning him about some tough times ahead. The Jews were constantly plotting against him and he seemed to... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 19 there is an interesting mix of events that completely disrupted Ephesus. The itinerate Jewish exorcists saw the miraculous things going on when Paul ministered in the name of Jesus. They weren’t believers, but they saw it... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 18 Paul had been trying to win over the Jews for quite some time and being a Jew himself who had previously persecuted the church, he was now being viciously attacked by the Jews. When he realized... Continue reading →

Message: Acts 17 shows a few different ways people hear and receive truth because everyone processes differently. The people in Thessalonica responded well at first, and several were persuaded, but the Jews became jealous, found some “scoundrels” to form a... Continue reading →