Tag: 3rd Quarter 2010

Was Abraham justified by obedience or by faith? Having provided a technical definition and explanation of justification by faith in Romans 3:21-31, Paul now turns his attention in Romans 4 to the experience of Abraham....

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Are you ashamed of the Gospel? While some people in Paul”s day may have been ashamed of the gospel, Paul was not. The gospel for Paul was something to boast about? Why? Because the gospel...

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Why was circumcision such a controversial point in the early church? And why should believers even care about it today? Outside of a few recent high profile court cases involving divorced couples fighting over whether...

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What is it about Paul”s letter to the Romans that has made it the source of spiritual revival and reformation in the church down through the centuries? The Sabbath School lessons for this quarter focus...

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