Romans-6:6-7

Our country, a nation built on the value of freedom, is a mess… but not for the reason you think. It’s largely a mess because many of those who call themselves “Christians” have chosen to live in freedom from the obligation to do right and freedom to pursue self-interest under the guise of the “Amer…

Our country, a nation built on the value of freedom, is a mess… but not for the reason you think. It’s largely a mess because many of those who call themselves “Christians” have chosen to live in freedom from the obligation to do right and freedom to pursue self-interest under the guise of the “Amer…

I open the Bible to chapter 6 of Romans, and immediately these words grab me hard: “…are you unaware…?” I understand that unawareness is a blind spot, and it is downright dangerous. So, I stop what I’m doing and pray: Lord, help show me where I am unaware.” Are you aware that… The enemy of our s ……

Now just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness.” The disciple Peter offers a final word on the matter of slavery and sin: “People are slaves to whatever has mastered them.” There is a deeper division in this country: one not seen since before the Civil War. I suspect both North and South believed then — as many do now — that they were on the “right side of history.” But by God’s providence only one side was proven right with regards to the issue of slavery. Because of the North’s victory at Sharpsburg, on January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln found the will and opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring, “that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free.” If President Lincoln’s words sound familiar, they should, for by this time he had begun to think of the Civil War as God’s judgement upon the nation.…

We must draw from the truth of the gospel every day to renew, liberate, motivate, and cultivate our spiritual growth.…

We must draw from the truth of the gospel every day to renew, liberate, motivate, and cultivate our spiritual growth.…

God’s salvation has justified us, forgiven our sins, and regenerated us with His eternal life. This is the first stage of salvation but there is much more. Romans 5:10 hints of this by statin……

God’s salvation has justified us, forgiven our sins, and regenerated us with His eternal life. This is the first stage of salvation but there is much more. Romans 5:10 hints of this by statin……

While I celebrate my freedom as an United States citizen, I rejoice in reflecting on Christian freedom bestowed upon me by my Father God.…

Gennadius of Constantinople in this reveals his soteriology that salvation is given by a sinner believing and then asking God to save them, with the two conditions of believing and verbally confessing.Thank you to Karl Staab for Pauluskommentare aus der griechischen Kirche.Thank you to Brother Don Nesbitt, the Lord's bloodhound...…