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Romans 4 tells the story of a man whose faith gave birth to a promise. Abraham was old, Sarah barren—there was no natural reason to hope. But he believed. Not in himself, not in what he saw, but in what God had said. “Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was… Read more
As we started with Romans 1, I said we were diving into a long, developed argument through chapter three and a lot of it would be hard to hear. Remember, I said it was like getting a diagnosis of a disease, which is the essential first step to healing. Paul looks you and me in… Read more
Yesterday we talked about how the law works to mend the world. It sets the chosen people apart as different, makes it possible for sinful people to live together, and makes God’s people a light to the Gentiles by showing them God’s way to live. All of this together is what Martin Luther called the… Read more
If you have been reading the Old Testament with us this year, you have read through the law. You have read the command to be circumcised, along with the festivals to celebrate and their meanings. You read all the details about what kinds of foods are clean and unclean, and maybe at some point you… Read more
