Despite our “Silent Night” view of the nativity, it was anything but peaceful and certainly didn’t go to plan. But out of that chaotic story came the greatest gift ever given to humanity… ironically, peace.

Great, we are free to pursue holiness, but what are the rules? There are always rules, right? How do we judge ourselves and others? In this message, we will investigate what Paul says about a rules-based approach to faith and what it does to us.

If we are to reckon ourselves dead to sin, there must be a better way to think about who we are. Paul gives us some really good news at the end of chapter 6 and, in this message, we will discuss what it means for us every day.

We have been justified before God by Jesus, but what do we do about our ongoing sin? How do we think

about ourselves and our relationship with God as we move forward? What does He want from us?In this

study, we will look more deeply at our perspective on sin and God’s will for our lives.

Whether or not the Good News transforms us is up to us. We have a choice to make. We can live in the bad news reality or we can live in the good news reality. In this message, we will talk about the difference.

Knowing and accepting the Good News is huge, but what difference does it make after that? In Romans 5, Paul begins turning the corner from talking about what the Gospel is, to explaining how it transforms us every day.

Hard work is rewarded with wages because a person has earned it. But when it comes to heaven and righteousness that cannot be earned. You cannot work to achieve them. They are gifts from God that can only be received by faith. Today we see how Abraham not only became the Father of Judaism and Christianity but also how he was accounted righteousness through belief in God.

It’s finally time for some good news for the Romans and us too! Even though there is no way for us to measure up to God’s righteousness, He has made another way. In this message, we will examine what this way is and why it was necessary.

If the Law was incapable of saving Israel, what was the point? Was a Jewish person any different than anyone else? This was a big question for Paul’s readers at the time, and the answers to those questions matter to us too. In this study, we will look at what Paul is teaching and what it means for us.

If obviously sinful people and apparently virtuous people are not right before God, what about devoutly religious people? Surely they hold a special position and are justified based on their lifestyle and influence? In this message, we will examine what Paul says about this group who may seem immune to God’s judgment.