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  • Suffering and the Spirit | Romans 8:18-27

    Suffering and the Spirit | Romans 8:18-27
    Jun 28 2026
    While we have been set free in Christ, one of the ongoing challenges we face with life in a fallen world is suffering. We find ourselves groaning under the weight of sin and death while waiting for our redemption. But even in our groaning, we can wait with patience because the Holy Spirit groans for us and with us. His intercession and presence encourage us to wait with hope.
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    33 Min.
  • Freedom in the Spirit | Romans 8:1-17

    Freedom in the Spirit | Romans 8:1-17
    Jun 21 2026
    Christians can live out their freedom in Christ, which is a freedom from sin and freedom for obedience, through the Holy Spirit. Here, Paul highlights three things the Holy Spirit does to help us live in that freedom. The Holy Spirit applies the work of Christ to our lives. The Holy Spirit empowers us to fight off the influence of the flesh. The Holy Spirit testifies to our true identity as children of God. Instead of living in the weakness of the flesh, we can live in the power of the Spirit.
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    35 Min.
  • Warfare with Sin | Romans 7:1-25

    Warfare with Sin | Romans 7:1-25
    Jun 14 2026
    Paul explains that although we are free from the law, the law is not meaningless nor evil. For it is through the law that we know the exceeding sinfulness of sin. Furthermore, it reveals the utter weakness of our flesh to keep the law and to fulfill our desire to be good. We want to do good, but we don't. We want to avoid evil, but we fall into it again and again. There is a battle that rages within us that traps many in a vicious cycle of guilt and attempts at good works. But there is glorious victory outside of oneself in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
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    38 Min.
  • Freedom for Obedience | Romans 6:15-23

    Freedom for Obedience | Romans 6:15-23
    Jun 7 2026
    After explaining how we have been set free from sin through our union with Christ, Paul now explains that our freedom from sin leads to our freedom for obedience to God. True obedience to God is willing submission, is in alignment with God's Word, is carried out in all of life, and transforms us to become more like Jesus. While this may seem like a paradox, true freedom is found in obedience to God and leads to the kind of life that is actually worth living.
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    30 Min.
  • Freedom from Sin | Romans 6:1-14

    Freedom from Sin | Romans 6:1-14
    May 31 2026
    Paul anticipates that there will be those who seek to take advantage of God's grace by continuing in their sin. But he adamantly states that Christians should not continue in sin because they have been set free from the power of sin through their union with Christ in his death and resurrection. As such, their old life is dead and they have been given a brand new life. From that foundational union with Christ, Christians must now fight against sin by remembering who they are, by refusing to submit to sin's power, and by resting in God's grace.
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    34 Min.
  • Death in Adam, Life in Christ | Romans 5:12-21

    Death in Adam, Life in Christ | Romans 5:12-21
    May 24 2026
    As Paul has unpacked the blessings that come with justification by faith, he highlights just how great a blessing justification is by presenting a "before" and "after" contrast between where we used to be and where we are now. Before in Adam, we belonged to a fallen humanity condemned to death. But now in Christ, we belong to a redeemed humanity justified for life. Jesus is the "greater Adam", whose exclusive and exhaustive work paints a brand new picture.
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    33 Min.
  • The Blessings of Faith | Romans 5:1-11

    The Blessings of Faith | Romans 5:1-11
    May 17 2026
    Previously, Paul had just laid out that justification comes by faith and uses Abraham as an example. Now in Romans 5, Paul briefly lays out the multitude of blessings that come with our justification through faith. We have peace with God, and we can now find access into his unending grace. Furthermore, we have joy even in our sufferings because it produces hope. And this hope does not fail us because it has been proven through God's own love for us.
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    37 Min.
  • Faith Alone | Romans 4:1-25

    Faith Alone | Romans 4:1-25
    May 10 2026
    The Apostle Paul has laid out the heart of the gospel message, which is that we are justified before God not on the basis of our works, but on the basis of what Jesus has done. But how do we receive such righteousness? We receive Christ's righteousness by faith, and by faith alone. In this passage, Paul brings up the example of Abraham to show that God has always justified on the basis of faith alone. The outlook of such justifying faith is trusting God to do what we can't do for ourselves, and the outworking of such justifying faith is faithfully doing what God has called us to do. As such, we are invited to trust in Jesus for our justification and to faithfully follow after him.
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    41 Min.