By Keith Sharp Since its dawning in ancient Jerusalem, the enlightening rise and course of the gospel of light has been blotted out by neither time nor space. It is an ageless message for all nations (1 Peter 1:24-25; Mark 16:15). The Lord’s body in the first century was painfully bruised and broken by the antipathies …
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Romans 14: “Follow After Things Which Make Peace”
By Melvin Curry (Romans 14:19) When Paul affirmed that “there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same Lord is Lord of all” (Rom. 10:12), he was fully aware of the problems posed by the fellowship of Christians with such different religious backgrounds. The Greeks were used to change, continually adjusting to many new …
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Romans 12-13: “Present Your Bodies A Living Sacrifice”
By Dee Bowman The epistle to the Romans is one of the most enlightening books in the Bible. It is demanding, practical, and by its very design makes confidence and encouragement possible for every Christian in every age. The book has a basic two-fold goal. First, it brings all men under the condemnation of sin (3:10; …
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Romans 9-11: “Hath God Cast Away His People?”
By Larry Ray Hafley Paul’s answer to his own question, “Hath God cast away his people?” is a resounding, emphatic, “God forbid.” In the preceding eight chapters of Romans, Paul has shown that the gospel is “the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth” (Rom. 1:16; cf. 3:22). It was God’s eternal purpose …
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