Beers & Bible Podcast

This week on Beers & Bible, we continue through Romans 12 and Paul’s call for believers to think soberly about themselves. The Christian life is not about pride, comparison, or chasing the gifts of others. It is about receiving God’s grace with humility and using what He has given us for the good of the body of Christ.

Paul reminds us that the church is one body with many members. Not everyone has the same role, but every role matters. Whether it is teaching, serving, giving, leading, or showing mercy, every gift is from God and should be used faithfully, diligently, and cheerfully.

The gospel humbles us because everything we have is grace. The gospel also sends us into service because our gifts are not just for us — they are for Christ’s church. 🙌

🍺 Featured Beers:
Michael — Savannah Banana Beer by Service Brewing
Anthony — PB&J Mixtape by Xul Beer Co.

🍻 Romans 12:1–2

This week we step into Romans 12 and Paul’s call to live in light of the mercies of God. After eleven chapters of rich gospel truth, Paul turns to the practical response: present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God.

Christian worship is not just something we do on Sunday morning. It is the whole life offered back to God in gratitude for the grace we have received in Christ. Because Jesus gave Himself for us, we now give ourselves to Him.

We also talk about what it means to not be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. The Christian life is not about outward religious performance, but inward transformation by the power of God’s Word and Spirit.

🍺 Featured Beers:
Anthony — PB Chocolate Milk Stout by Lost Coast Brewing
Michael — Pace Car by Alesmith Brewing Company

🍺 This week we work through Romans 11:25–36 and Paul’s sweeping conclusion to God’s plan for Israel, the Gentiles, and all creation.

We discuss Israel’s partial hardening, God’s irrevocable promises, and the mercy that both Jews and Gentiles desperately need. Paul reminds us that no one can boast before God, no one can counsel Him, and no one can place Him in their debt.

The passage ends in worship: all things are from Him, through Him, and to Him. God’s mercy humbles us, His promises steady us, His wisdom silences us, and His glory calls us to praise. 🙌📖

🍉 Anthony: West End Watermelon — Jones Beach Brewing
🍺 Michael: Farina Kölsch Style Ale — Halfway Crooks Brewing

Romans 11 — Gospel Jealousy, Grafted Grace, and the Mystery of Israel

In this episode, we walk through Paul’s powerful teaching in Romans 11: Israel’s stumbling, the riches of the gospel going to the Gentiles, and God’s continuing purpose for His people. 🌿

Paul reminds us that Gentile believers have been grafted in by grace — not so we can boast, but so we can stand in humility, holiness, and awe before the goodness and severity of God. 🙌

We also talk about gospel jealousy, life from the dead, the fullness of the Gentiles, and why God’s promises should lead us to worship, not arrogance.

🍺 Beers this episode:
Anthony — Special Amber by Sprecher Brewing
Michael — Maggie’s Peach Farmhouse Ale by Terrapin Brewing

Grace grafts us in. Pride has no place. Christ gets the glory. ✝️🍻

🎙️ A Remnant by Grace

In Romans 11, Paul asks the question: Has God rejected His people? His answer is clear — certainly not.

This episode walks through God’s faithfulness to His people, the danger of apostasy, the comfort of the remnant, and the mystery of salvation coming to the Gentiles. From Elijah feeling alone to Paul reminding us that God always preserves His people, Romans 11 shows us that the church stands by grace alone.

We talk about:

📖 God’s faithfulness to Israel
🔥 Elijah, Baal, and the loneliness of standing for truth
⛪ Apostasy and the marks of a faithful church
🙏 The remnant according to grace
👀 Spiritual blindness and spiritual vitality
🌍 Salvation coming to the Gentiles

The big reminder: God has not abandoned His people. Denominations may crumble, churches may drift, and believers may feel alone — but Christ will preserve His church.

🍻 Beers Reviewed:
Anthony — Munkle Pils by Munkle Brewing
Michael — Happy Cowboy by Line Creek Brewing

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Romans 10 reminds us that evangelism is not a backup plan—it’s God’s chosen means of bringing His people to faith. 📖

Paul shows that no one calls on Christ without first hearing of Christ, and no one hears unless the gospel is proclaimed. Election doesn’t kill missions; it gives missions confidence. God has ordained both the salvation of His people and the preaching that brings them to faith.

So we proclaim Christ boldly, knowing that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. 🙌

🍺 Anthony brings Nightlock from Fairhope Brewing
🍺 Michael cracks open Best Maid Pickle Beer from Martin House Brewing

The gospel goes out. The Word does the work. And the church gets the privilege of carrying the message. 🎙️

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Episode 292 of the Beers & Bible Podcast walks through Romans 10:1–13 and Paul’s burden for Israel: they had zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Religious passion is not enough if it is aimed in the wrong direction. Paul shows us that our righteousness cannot be built on effort, law-keeping, or personal merit. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

The gospel is not far away or hidden from us. The word is near: confess Jesus as Lord, believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, and call upon Him for salvation.

🍺 Michael brings Bamm Bamm Rubble Rubble by WeldWerks Brewing
🍺 Anthony reviews Back in Blackberry by Fairhope Brewing

Zeal needs truth. Knowledge needs heart. And sinners need Christ.

“Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.” — Romans 10:13

In this episode of Beers & Bible, we continue through Romans 9 and wrestle with one of the weightiest sections in Paul’s letter: God’s wrath, God’s mercy, and the righteousness that comes by faith.

Paul reminds us that God is perfectly just in making His wrath known against sin. He does not punish the innocent or act unjustly. The Judge of all the earth always does what is right. But Romans 9 does not leave us only with wrath—it also lifts our eyes to the riches of God’s glory made known in vessels of mercy. Election is not a cold doctrine to be debated in the abstract; it is a doctrine of grace that should lead us to worship.

We also talk about Paul’s use of Hosea and Isaiah, where those once called “not My people” are now called “My people.” The Gentiles are brought in by mercy, not merit. That warning also reaches the visible church: outward membership, baptism, or religious identity cannot save. What matters is not our righteousness, but Christ’s righteousness received by faith.

And, of course, we review two featured beers:

Anthony: Pickleback by Fairhope Brewing
Michael: Black Brevarian by Sprecher Brewing

Romans 9 closes by bringing us to the stumbling stone: Christ Himself. Some stumble over grace because they want to stand on their own righteousness. But whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame.

Romans 9 keeps us face to face with one of the hardest truths in Scripture: God is sovereign in mercy, just in judgment, and never unrighteous in anything He does. In this episode, we talk through double predestination, Pharaoh’s hardened heart, the removal of divine restraint, and the potter-and-clay picture that reminds us we are not in a position to put God on trial. Even when we cannot fully trace His ways, we can trust His character. God does not create evil in the sinner’s heart, but He may justly give sinners over to the evil already there, while showing saving mercy to those He rescues by grace.

We also dig into the difference between infralapsarianism and supralapsarianism, and why it matters that God’s election is seen in light of fallen humanity and the glory of His grace in Christ. The big takeaway: these doctrines are not meant to keep us from preaching the gospel, but to humble us, deepen our worship, and remind us that salvation belongs to the Lord.

Beers featured this week:
Anthony — Death By Chocolate Cake by Martin House Brewing
Michael — Cheat Day by Southern Tier Brewing

Romans 9 doesn’t shrink God down to fit our idea of fairness. It lifts our eyes to His justice, mercy, and absolute sovereignty. This episode dives into the hard but beautiful truth that grace is never owed, mercy is always undeserved, and God is never unrighteous in the way He saves. Jacob got mercy, Esau got justice, and that reminder should leave us humbled, grateful, and in awe of a God whose grace is far sweeter than we deserve.

On the beer side, Anthony reviews Landive Farmhouse Ale by Jester King Brewing, and Michael cracks open Daisy Tangerine Wheat by Fat Bottom Brewing.