This week in Romans 3:21–31 we arrived at the heart of the gospel message. After spending several chapters showing that all people have sinned and fall short of God’s standard, Paul now points us to the cure found in Jesus Christ.

In this sermon we walk through what the cross actually accomplished. Christ redeemed us from sin and death, offered salvation freely by grace, and atoned for our sins through His sacrifice on the cross. We also looked at how the cross satisfied God’s justice, revealed Jesus as the only path to salvation, and removed every reason for human boasting.

The gospel is not about earning our way to God. It is about trusting what Christ has already done for us. The diagnosis was worse than we thought, but thanks be to God, the cure was greater than we imagined.

Welcome to the Celina First podcast. This week we continue our verse by verse walk through the book of Romans as we come to one of the most important truths in the entire Christian faith: all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

In Romans 3, Paul brings both the “good kids” and the obvious sinners into the same boat. Religious people, irreligious people, moral people, broken people, all stand in need of the same Savior. But this passage is not meant to leave us hopeless. It is meant to help us understand just how powerful and beautiful the Gospel really is.

In today’s message we wrestle with the universality of sin, the danger of pride, the purpose of God’s Word, and the incredible grace freely offered through Jesus Christ.

This week’s message continues our walk through the book of Romans as we move into chapter 2. After looking at the brokenness of culture in chapter 1, Paul turns the focus inward and addresses those who know the truth but are not always living it out.

In this sermon, we explore how knowledge of the gospel was never meant to produce pride or judgment, but obedience, humility, and a deep gratitude for God’s grace. It is a direct and honest look at the tension between knowing better and actually doing better.

If you have ever wrestled with that gap in your own life, this message will meet you there and point you forward to the hope we will see more clearly in the weeks ahead.

Welcome to the sermon podcast of Celina First Church of God.

This week we continue through Romans by looking at Paul’s argument in Romans 1:16–32. Paul declares that the gospel is powerful enough to save both Jew and Gentile, then explains how the brokenness of culture can actually be evidence of God giving people over to their own desires.

We also address why this passage speaks about sexual sin alongside envy, greed, gossip, and pride, and why the answer to every form of bondage is still the same: the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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This week we continue our walk through Romans, looking at what it means to have a faith that is actually known. Not just something we claim, but something that shows up when life gets hard. In this passage, Paul points to a group of believers whose faith was being talked about everywhere, and then explains why he is not ashamed of the gospel.

In this message, we explore how faith is tested through hardship, how it becomes visible when it is lived out unashamed, and how the strength to stand does not come from us, but from the power of the gospel itself.

If you have ever wrestled with holding onto your faith in difficult moments or wondered where the strength to keep going comes from, this message will walk through that honestly and clearly.

Welcome to the sermon podcast from Celina First Church of God. We are glad you are listening along.

This week we begin a brand new series walking through the book of Romans. This is not a quick series. It is a slow and intentional journey through one of the most important and theologically rich books in all of Scripture.

In this opening message from Romans 1:1–7, we take time to set the table. We look at who Paul is, who he is writing to, and why that matters for us today. Along the way, we are reminded that God uses surrendered people, that the church is meant to be united around Jesus, and that our primary identity is found in being servants of Christ.

If you have ever wanted to go deeper in your faith and better understand the foundation of the gospel, this is a great place to begin.