18 Weeks in the book of Romans with our Community Group
Paul concludes his letter to the Roman church by highlighting coworkers and sending greetings. The list of people is long; many are not mentioned anywhere else in scripture. There are principles we can pull from this chapter. Real People Paul wrote this big theological letter to real people, ordinary people, people who may have been…
What is your purpose?What motivates you to accomplish that purpose? Descriptors: goodness, knowledge, and competence In the latter half of Romans 15, Paul begins to wrap up his letter. It’s important to recall that Paul did not plant or nurture the church in Rome. He had never met them. So It is interesting that Romans…
What practical issues are disrupting unity in the church today? In Paul’s day, unity between the Jews and non-Jews was challenging; the issues were most often about the Mosaic Law, circumcision, allowable foods, and holy days. They held strong convictions over these topics. Because these are not our issues, sometimes the passage in Romans 14:1…
Connecting Romans 12 – 13: Overcoming evil with good The scripture was not originally divided into chapters and verses. The book of Romans is a letter, one paragraph flowing into the next. So it is quite possible that the beginning of chapter 13 is an extension of the previous paragraph. Paul is talking about the…
In Romans 12:9-21, one small phrase is repeated three times. That phrase is “one another.” That phrase is significant because it is used about 100 times in the New Testament, many of those in Paul’s writings. Interestingly, the “one another” statements almost always fall into three categories. Let’s look at these three commands in Romans…
So we, who are many, are one body in Christ,and individually, we are members who belong to one another. Romans 12:5 NET In Romans 12, Paul uses the analogy of the body to describe the relationships among those who call themselves Christians. Why is this analogy so important, and how does it apply to us…