Perhaps you know folks who grew up in a Christian home but then turned away from the gospel. They know all the important facts about Jesus, and yet they have rejected Christ, choosing instead to live according to what feels good or what makes sense to them. What’s your reaction…

Why don’t they get it? Maybe you have family members or close friends who don’t believe in Jesus. You’ve tried and tried to explain the gospel to them, but they’re just not interested – they just don’t want to hear it. Why can’t they see what you see? This was…

What must I do to be saved? How can I have a proper relationship with the God Who created me along with everything else in the universe? Human beings have come up with all kinds of answers to that question throughout history. Many people believe that gods require gifts or…

“Who do you think you are?” That’s the question many people ask God, once they realize that He is the One Who takes the initiative in human salvation, the One Who chooses those on whom He will have mercy (9:18). We Americans are especially prone to insist upon our rights,…

We all know families in which, even though they shared a similar upbringing, one child becomes a Christian and another refuses the claims of Christ on his life. Why does this happen? This is the question Paul was wrestling with. In his time, many of the Jews, his own countrymen,…

Have you ever been so confused that you didn’t know what to pray for? Have you ever been so heartbroken that you didn’t even have the strength to pray? Have you ever wondered if God could possibly love someone who had made such a mess of life? Do you feel…

What’s on your mind? In today’s passage, Paul tells us that there are basically two possibilities: to focus on the things of the flesh, or on the things of the Spirit. Everything that occupies our time and attention falls into one of these two categories, categories which reflect the nature…

So, if Christians are one with Christ, if we are dead not only to the consequences of lawbreaking (7:6) but to the power of sin as well (6:7), if we have risen with Christ to newness of life (6:4), then why does Paul have to keep telling his readers to…

Bible Reading for May 14 – Romans 6:15-23 “I’m nobody’s slave – I’m a free American!” That’s what we believe, and that may be true in a strictly political sense. But isn’t it also true that with every relationship goes certain responsibilities, certain limitations on our liberties? A teacher has…

“Well, if God’s going to forgive me no matter what I do, then why not just keep on sinning?” If that question hasn’t ever occurred to you, chances are you haven’t come to grips with just how radical God’s grace really is. For the fact is that all who trust…