Read Romans 16:1-27 Friends I commend to you Phoebe…she has been helpfulto many, and especially to me.~Romans 16:1 Digging Deeper: So who was Phoebe? We don’t really know, except that she was a deacon in the church in Cenchrea—which brings up a whole different matter about women deacons. I won’t [...]
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Read Romans 15:1-33 Go Missional “My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name ofChrist has never been heard, rather than where a church has alreadybeen started by someone else. I have been following the planspoken of in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘Those whohave never [...]
Read Romans 15:14-33 Get Your Ambition On! It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ is notknown, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.~Romans 15:20 Digging Deeper: It’s time to get your ambition on! Ambition is something that in our day has [...]
Read Romans 15:1-13 A Bad Case of the Me-asles “We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weakand not to please ourselves. Each of us should please hisneighbor for his good, to build him up.~Romans 15:1-2 Digging Deeper: It’s the worst disease of all. It’s called [...]
Read Romans 14:1-23 What Matters Most “The Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat orwhat we drink, but of living a life of goodness,and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”~Romans 14:17 Digging Deeper: So much of what Christians get uptight about, particularly as it relates [...]
