Romans 3 – God’s Righteousness Upheld
Appian Way – most famous of the Roman roads, built (312 B.C.) under Appius Claudius Caecus. It connected Rome with Capua and was later extended to Beneventum (now Benevento), Tarentum (Taranto), and...
View ArticleRomans 15 – Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles
Circus Maximus: Rome’s entertainment center.The Circus Maximus is an ancient arena and mass entertainment center located in Rome, Italy. It was first built about 600 BC. Situated in the valley between...
View ArticleActs 21 – Paul Goes to Jerusalem
We left the book of Acts after chapter 20, as Paul was in Miletus, with his tearful goodbye to the Ephesian elders. While in that area, Paul wrote the letters to the Corinthians and to the Romans....
View ArticleEphesians 3 – The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed
Ephesus, in modern Turkey, is the best-preserved classical city on the Mediterranean, and one of the best places in the world to get the feeling for what life was like for early Christians in Roman...
View ArticleThe “Jerusalem Council” Begins – Acts 15
After Peter had his revelation by vision, and then witnessed the Holy Spirit coming upon the Gentiles in Cornelius’ house (Acts 10), The “Gentile question” would have already been settled. But it...
View ArticleChanging the Hearts of Two Apostles – Acts 9-10
A lot happens in Acts chapter 9, but clearly the most important thing is that the man (Saul of Tarsus) who had ravaged the church and approved of the deaths of Christians (including that of Stephen) is...
View ArticleThe Law, the Spirit, and the Flesh – Romans 7-8
In Romans 7, Paul makes an analogy of sin and the law by using marriage. He points out that as long as a man is alive, his wife is bound to him by law. But once he is dead, she … Continue reading →
View ArticleChildren of the Promise – Romans 9
In Romans 10, Paul tells them that not all who are children of Abraham actually descended from Abraham, as did the Jews. In verse 8, he says that it is not children of the flesh (Abrahams’s flesh) that...
View ArticleNo Distinction – Romans 10
Paul continues his letter to the Romans in chapter 10 still addressing the fact that the church there is struggling with its mixture of Jews and Gentiles. It is a laborious task that he undertakes...
View ArticleGrafted – Romans 11-12
Paul follows up in chapter 11 with an assurance to the Jews that just because the Gentiles are welcomed into the kingdom, that does not mean that God has rejected them. He said that the Jews failed to...
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