Everyone is struggling for righteousness. It could be Olympic-righteousness, achievement-righteousness, Mom-righteousness, body image-righteousness, food-righteousness, relational-righteousness, ideological-righteousness, or religious righteousness…
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)…
What is low self-esteem? Is it beating yourself up, self-hatred, self-punishment, feeling inferior, or thinking lowly of yourself? Is it others beating you up, judging, accusing, condemning, or rejecting you? The book of Romans defines low self-esteem as humility, a bold confidence without pride, and the freedom of self-forgetfulness without inferiority…
Romans is the Mount Everest of the Bible and is single-handedly responsible for almost every major spiritual awakening, revival, or outpouring of God’s Spirit in church history. Why is Romans so life-changing? The answer: Romans is about the gospel… Romans releases the gospel.
If Gallup polled the un-churched in Hillsboro, TX, or Dallas, TX or NYC, NY, and asked, “Is Christianity about good advice or good news,” how do you think the majority would answer? No poll needed… the statistics are in and available.
