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Read Romans 10:1-21 A Longhorn Sermon Or A Word From God? How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And [...]
Read Romans 10:5-18 Of Filthy Rags and Transformed Hearts That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is [...]
Read Romans 10:1-13 The World’s Most Difficult Person For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. ~Romans 10:2 Digging Deeper: Who is the most difficult—and dangerous—person in the world? Is it not the one who is convinced [...]
Read Romans 9:14-33 When God Doesn’t Make Sense The one who trusts in him will never be put to shame. ~Romans 9:33 Digging Deeper: Have there been times in your life when God hasn’t made sense? It happens to me all the time. Early and often, his purpose seems [...]
Read Romans 9:1-29 Big “C” Christianity Christ is over all, the eternally blessed God. ~Romans 9:5 Digging Deeper… On a fairly regular basis, surveys are released to the public revealing the current state of spirituality of American “christians.” No—“christian” is not a typo. I have used the lower case “c” [...]
While you are living in that dual reality between the awful pull of sin and the unstoppable work of redemption, you are inseparable from the stubborn, persistent, irrevocable love of God. That means between you and God’s love the only thing that stands is the word “inseparable”? What is it that can separate you from God’s ever-abiding, redeeming, providing, sustaining love? Nothing!
Read Romans 8:32 What More Could He Do? Since God did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all— won’t God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else? ~Romans 8:32 Digging Deeper: The great thinker C.S. Lewis made a profound observation: “There is [...]
Ray Noah
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