Romans 12:1-2
Romans
God's Desire for His Children
In light of God's merciful gifts through Christ, dedication to Him is the only rational response. Changed minds—fed by God's truth, focused on His mercy, and strengthened through community—enable believers to discover and live out God's will.
Romans 2:17-3:8
Romans
Bad News, Part 2
God's faithfulness does not permit us to presume he will overlook our sin. Only by recognizing the despair of our inability to keep the law can we truly hear the good news of the gospel.
Romans 3:9-20 · Romans 1:28
Romans
Bad News, Part 3
Paul demonstrates that all people—both Jews and Gentiles—are equally condemned under sin with no exceptions or excuses. Only by fully acknowledging the weight of personal sin can one be ready to receive grace through Christ.
Romans 5:12-21 · Romans 2:14-15
Romans
Grace Will Lead Us Home
This sermon contrasts Adam's legacy of sin, death, and condemnation with Jesus's gift of grace, justification, and life. Through grace alone, believers are reconciled to God and led home.
Romans 6:15-23
Romans
Living Free in Grace
Paul contrasts serving sin (which brings death and shame) with serving God (which brings righteousness and eternal life). Grace frees us from law to choose freely whether to return to sin's slavery or embrace the freedom of holiness in Christ.
Romans 13:8-14 · Matthew 6:34
Romans
Love Is a Verb
This sermon examines how believers demonstrate love as an action rather than a feeling, living urgently in light of Christ's coming and the brevity of time, by understanding their position in God's timeline and clothing themselves with Jesus to fight spiritual battles with love in a darkening world.
Romans 15:14-33
Romans
Planning
Paul shares his missionary plans with the church, demonstrating that while believers should make plans, trusting God means allowing him to redirect those plans according to his purposes for our good and his glory.
Romans 2:1-16
Romans
The Bad News
Paul addresses Jewish spiritual smugness by exposing how both Jews and Gentiles stand equally condemned before God's judgment. True response to God's kindness is repentance, not moral superiority.
Romans 11:1-36
Romans
The Mind of God
God remains faithful to his plan and extends mercy to all—both Jews and Gentiles—though faith in that mercy is always a personal choice. Even when we cannot understand God's motives, we are called to trust and love him.
Romans 8:1-17
Romans
The Spirit's Freedom
This sermon examines how the Holy Spirit transforms believers' hearts, freeing them from the law's condemnation and empowering them to live as God's children with confidence and peace.
Romans 9:1-29
Romans
Things I Don't Understand
This sermon explores how God's sovereignty and human choice coexist in Romans 9, urging listeners to trust God's wisdom even when they cannot fully understand his ways.
Romans 12:3-8
Romans
Transformed Thinking
This sermon examines how God's mercy calls believers to transform their thinking—recognizing their identity in Christ, accepting their God-given gifts, and using them to serve one another rather than pursuing self-interest.
Romans 15:1-13
Romans
Unity
This sermon examines how believers build unity through sacrificial love and endurance, sustained by the scriptures and the Holy Spirit's gift of hope in Christ.
Romans 8:18-39
Romans
Why Do I Suffer?
Suffering, while difficult, is purposeful for believers—it deepens faith, aligns us with Christ, sustains hope through the Spirit, and molds us into Jesus's image. God is working all things for our good.
Romans 8:1-17 · Acts 18:2
Romans
Real Freedom
Through the Holy Spirit's work, believers receive a spiritually transformed heart and freedom from condemnation and the law's bondage. The invitation is to cooperate with the Spirit's leading rather than return to old patterns of shame and death.