Romans 7 & 8 are proving to be difficult for me. There is a lot of good ‘stuff’ in there, but also a lot that seems rather convoluted.

Our reading will be focused on Romans 6:15-8:39, which is session 5 in the Eisenbaum study guide.

As we begin the season of Lent, our independent study of Surprised By Hope, and see the world changing before our eyes, we are reminded of the role the suffering plays in the human experience. David Freeman shares some thoughts on Romans 5:3-5.

One of this week’s posts comes from Britt Skarda, Senior Pastor at First United Methodist Church, Springdale.

There is a metaphor which is very helpful to understanding this new life which we gain through Christ. Think of Adam and Christ as being the heads of two families. We have grown up under Adam. Christ is calling us to leave our family heritage of sin and death and come into a new family one of redemption and newness of life.

There are two topics that the Eisenbaum commentary brings up which, for me, are very interesting.

This week we will be continuing our study by looking at Romans 5:1 – 6:14.

I have below two short resources which should help greatly in our study of this passage.

This week we will be looking the climax of the argument we saw last week, in the passage Romans 3:21-31 and also continuing on to look at Romans 4, the faith of Abraham, session 3 of Eisenbaum. Summary Paul’s discussion in Romans 4 shows Abraham to be the common ancestor of both Jewish Christians and [...]

This morning as I was reading through the Psalms I came across a very applicable psalm for the current discussion, Psalm 19.