The Victoria Falls – one of the seven wonders of the natural world. In terms of its volume, being 1,700m wide and 110m high, it is the world’s largest curtain of falling water. Situated in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe, it has become a popular tourist destination [...]
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The Victoria Falls of God’s Love – Romans 5:5
Posted: January 28, 2011 in RomansTags: christ, god, jesus, love, romans 5, romans 5:5, salvation, sinners, ungodly, victoria falls
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Romans 9-11
Posted: September 10, 2010 in RomansTags: dispensationalism, israel, jesus christ, jews, law, olive tree, paul, problem of the jews, righteousness, romans 10, romans 11, romans 9, salvation, salvation of the jews
One day while Jesus was in the temple, he told the people a parable. “A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country. At the time [...]
Romans 8
Posted: August 27, 2010 in RomansTags: flesh, glorification, glory, holy spirit, justification, love of god, no separation, redemption, Romans, romans 8, salvation, sanctification, sin, spirit, suffering, trials, tribulation
We have now reached the mountaintop of the first part of the book of Romans – chapter 8. As we try to take in the spectacular view we can gaze back into the distance and see how the Lord has brought us up out of the low-lying valley of sin. The first four verses of [...]
Romans 7
Posted: August 20, 2010 in RomansTags: adam, christian, israel, jesus, jews, law, man in romans 7, old man, paul, Romans, romans 7, salvation, sanctification, sin
In Romans 7, Paul finally gets around to dealing with an issue that he has been hinting at over and over throughout his letter (see 3:20-21; 3:27-31; 4:13-15; 5:13-14; 5:20; 6:14-15) – what exactly is the purpose of the law? On the one hand, he has said that through faith, the righteousness of God has [...]
Romans 6
Posted: August 13, 2010 in RomansTags: baptism, christian, holiness, holy living, jesus, law, oscar wilde, overcome, romans 6, salvation, sanctification, surrender, tom wright, victory
Have you ever wondered what it takes to live a victorious Christian life? There are so many wonderful ideals in the Bible about what we should say (and shouldn’t say), what we should think (and shouldn’t think), and what we should do (and not do). Yet, how often we find ourselves continuing to fall short [...]
The Book of Romans and Four Stories that have changed the World
Posted: July 4, 2010 in RomansTags: augustine, bible, f f bruce, god, john wesley, martin luther, printing press, Romans, salvation, study, top selling
Without question, the Bible has been the most important and influential book in the world. Since the invention of the printing press in the 1450s, it has retained its position at the top of the best-selling list year after year. But within the 66 books of the Bible, there is one book in particular that [...]
Romans 13-14
Posted: November 20, 2009 in RomansTags: augustine, essentials, government, john stott, law, love, neighbour, nonessentials, politics, righteousness, Romans, romans 13, romans 14, taxes, the law
Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” So far in the book of Romans, Paul has shared with us the glorious news of how Christ has died our death, that we might live His life. But believe it or not, the apostle also deals, [...]
Romans 12
Posted: November 19, 2009 in RomansTags: body temple, christian conduct, christian living, church, ethics, gifts, health, living sacrifice, love, Romans, romans 12, sanctification, transformed
We have now come to the final section of the glorious book of Romans. In chapters 1-8, Paul has presented to us the science of salvation. We have all sinned and deserve death, but Christ has taken our place as the second Adam, that by believing, we might be saved – by grace alone, through [...]
Romans 7 – Identifying the Man
Posted: October 28, 2009 in RomansTags: buried, christian living, crucified, identity, man of romans 7, new nature, old nature, righteousness, romans 7, sanctification, struggle, Theology
No one would be content with a study of Romans 7 without dealing with the identity of the struggling man in verses 13-25. This passage has probably created more debate than any other in the book of Romans. Whole movements have split over the interpretation of these verses. Does this passage portray the struggle of [...]
Romans 4-5
Posted: October 16, 2009 in RomansTags: abraham, adam, christ, gift, gospel, grace, jesus, justification, justified, justify, Romans, salvation, sinners, ungodly
Up to this point in Romans, Paul has presented to us the bad news – the irreligious are lost, the religious are lost, the whole world is lost! “There is none righteous, no, not one” (Rom. 3:10). But after diagnosing the problem of sin and the death sentence we’re all under as a result, he [...]
