Old Testament Faith

• Lesson 5 for the week of October 22 to October 29

Leading Question: “To succeed in this world, we learn to rely on our strengths. Why is that so foolish, however, when it comes to our spiritual lives?” Key Passages: Galatians 3:1-14 – Personal experience and Scripture...

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Justified by Faith Alone

• Lesson 4 for the week of October 15 to October 22

Leading Question: “On what basis can a God who is holy and just accept and forgive faulty humans?” Key Passages: Galatians 2:15-21 – Jesus’ faithfulness is the means by which humans are made right with God....

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The Unity of the Gospel

• Lesson 3 for the week of October 8 to October 15

Leading Question: “Is the debate over circumcision in the early church relevant for Christians today?” Key Passages: Galatians 2:1-14 – Paul and the apostles agreed that circumcision was not necessary for Gentiles. Galatians 5:2-6 – Circumcision is...

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Paul’s Authority and Gospel

• Lesson 2 for the week of October 1 to October 8

Leading Question: “How do we relate to Scripture? And what authority does it have in our lives?” Key Passages: Galatians 1:1-24 – Paul defends his apostolic authority and the divine origin of his gospel. 2 Peter...

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Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles

• Lesson 1 for the week of September 24 to October 1

Leading Question: “Who was Saul of Tarsus? And why did God choose him as His apostle to the Gentiles?” Key Passages: Acts 6:8-7:60 – Arrest and Stoning of Stephen Acts 8:1-3 – Saul’s Persecution of the Church...

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All the Rest Is Commentary

• Lesson 13 for the week of September 18 to September 18

What should Christians do when they don’t agree? Having emphasized the supremacy of love in the Christian life (Rom 12:9-10; Rom 13:8-10), Paul now begins to wrap up his letter by providing examples of how...

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Love and Law

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 11 to September 18

How should the Christian live be lived? Now that Paul has finished his explanation of the gospel, he turns his attention more fully to the way life should be lived in light of it. Paul...

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The Election of Grace

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 4 to September 11

Did God reject the Jewish nation? Today’s lesson focuses on Romans 10 and 11 and is a continuation of Paul’s discussion in chapter 9 dealing with fact that so many Jews failed to accept Jesus...

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Freedom in Christ

• Lesson 9 for the week of September 4 to August 28

What role does the Holy Spirit play in the Christian life? In contrast to the discouraging picture painted in Romans 7 of the person struggling to overcome sin, but failing miserable, Romans 8 offers a...

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Redemption for Jew and Gentile

• Lesson 10 for the week of August 28 to September 4

What qualities is God looking for in the lives of his followers today? I suspect that Romans 9-11 is probably the least liked section in Romans. The first eight chapters of Romans provide a stunning...

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The Man of Romans 7

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 14 to August 21

Who is the man in Romans 7? Today”s lesson deals with one of the most controversial passages in Paul”s epistle: the identity of the man in Romans 7 struggling ineffectively against the power sin in...

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Victory Over Sin

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 7 to August 14

Is freedom from sin a reality in your life? Paul”s insistence that a person is saved by faith apart from works of the law (Rom 3:28) was troubling for some Christians—particularly those who were Jewish...

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Expounding the Faith

• Lesson 6 for the week of July 31 to August 7

What difference does justification by faith really make in a person”s life? Although Paul has explained the details of what it means to be justified by faith and has illustrated that experience in the life...

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Justified by Faith

• Lesson 4 for the week of July 17 to July 24

What does it mean to be justified by faith? Of all the passages in Paul”s writings, no single passage is packed with more theologically significant terms than Romans 3:21-31: Justification, redemption, propitiation, grace, justification by...

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