“There is no point on which men make greater mistakes than on the relation which exists between the law and the gospel.” This is a quote from well-known preacher Charles Spurgeon. Most can easily understand the first part. An area of Christian theology is being highlighted that is often accompanied by mistakes. In fact, this area, whatever it is, is where the greatest mistakes in theology are made…
Paul calls us to enter the arena of real life where the law reveals reality to us – that we are not good people. Why would we ever want to do that? Paul’s answer is the story of his own personal breakdown before the law (v.9), and how breakdown is ultimately healing…
Everyone wants wholeheartedness. Popular and award-winning author and speaker, Brene Brown, has spent her life studying the difficult emotions of shame, fear, and vulnerability. She says these difficult emotions are so painful because we are hardwired for their opposite – “wholeheartedness.” What is wholeheartedness?…
Silence is a spiritual condition, and it’s a good place to be. Everything in Romans 1.18-3.20 is designed to lead us into a cosmic courtroom, an epic trial: “Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouthmay be stopped (or silent)…
