Elder Chris points out that God has the right to show mercy and compassion to whom He will and we do not have a right to question how He does this…
After the great climax of the Bible in Romans 8 where Paul proclaims that there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God, he changes tone in Romans…
Paul provides comforting words after having explained what the Spirit does. The Spirit guides, leads and comforts us in the knowledge that Jesus Christ is coming back at the last day….
Elder Chris turns to Romans 8:14-27. This chapter has a lot of focus on the Spirit of God. He establishes that when God calls us through the Spirit we are…
The 8th chapter of Romans starts with no condemnation and ends with no separation. In God’s eyes we cannot be condemned and nothing can separate us from His love. But…
Elder Chris focuses on Romans 7:14-25. He points out that we have a new man and an old man within us, and daily we struggle to serve God rather than sin. The Apostle…
Elder Chris reminds us that we should always strive to keep the law. But we are no longer constrained by it in terms of our salvation. That is now by grace….
The gospel of grace does not give us license to sin, but rather gives us freedom from sin (or santification). Elder Chris explains that grace makes us alive and then we…
Previously the Apostle Paul establishes that we are not justified by the deeds of the law, but by the finished work of Jesus Christ. When Adam sinned it was as…
Elder Chris examines Romans 5:12-21. The Apostle Paul calls to our attention two men that stand as great representatives. By one man, Adam, sin and death entered into the world…
Elder Chris continues his series on Romans by looking at chapter 5 verses 1 – 11. Once Paul has established that we are justified in chapters 3 and 4, he…
God showed Abraham the stars of the sky and promised him a great generation that could not be numbered. Abraham didn’t stagger at the promise of a child in his…
