Christmas music is a highlight of the year for some. In our series Christmas Playlist, we use the songs of the Christmas season to help us embrace the wonderful story and precious gift of Christ's birth. In this season of celebrating our Lord and Savior's coming, it is all too easy to overlook the real reason for the season. This series helps us prepare for Christmas, and celebrate it with the joy offered us in the One who is the greatest gift of all time, Jesus Christ.

Christmas music is a highlight of the year for some. In our series Christmas Playlist, we use the songs of the Christmas season to help us embrace the wonderful story and precious gift of Christ's birth. In this season of celebrating our Lord and Savior's coming, it is all too easy to overlook the real reason for the season. This series helps us prepare for Christmas, and celebrate it with the joy offered us in the One who is the greatest gift of all time, Jesus Christ.

Christmas music is a highlight of the year for some. In our series Christmas Playlist, we use the songs of the Christmas season to help us embrace the wonderful story and precious gift of Christ's birth. In this season of celebrating our Lord and Savior's coming, it is all too easy to overlook the real reason for the season. This series helps us prepare for Christmas, and celebrate it with the joy offered us in the One who is the greatest gift of all time, Jesus Christ.

Any athlete knows the importance of returning to the basics. So-called advanced techniques are really just basic moves coupled with speed and accuracy. Golfers will go back to the basics when they've lost their swing. This is also true of basketball, baseball, and football players who have lost their game. As believers, it is important to regularly get back to the basics and understand the foundational truth of the Gospel. Romans 1-8 offers us an opportunity to do just that. Martin Luther says this about the book of Romans: “This Epistle is really the chief part of the New Testament and the very purest Gospel, and is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word, by heart, but occupy himself with it every day, as the daily bread of the soul. It can never be read or pondered too much, and the more it is dealt with, the more precious it becomes, and the better it tastes." Using an outline and study guide from John Stott (Reading Romans with John Stott Vol. 1), we explore Romans 1-8, which speaks of Christ's finished work on the cross. As we do, we become more acquainted with the basics of the Gospel, allowing us to confidently press on victoriously in our journey with the Lord.

Any athlete knows the importance of returning to the basics. So-called advanced techniques are really just basic moves coupled with speed and accuracy. Golfers will go back to the basics when they've lost their swing. This is also true of basketball, baseball, and football players who have lost their game. As believers, it is important to regularly get back to the basics and understand the foundational truth of the Gospel. Romans 1-8 offers us an opportunity to do just that. Martin Luther says this about the book of Romans: “This Epistle is really the chief part of the New Testament and the very purest Gospel, and is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word, by heart, but occupy himself with it every day, as the daily bread of the soul. It can never be read or pondered too much, and the more it is dealt with, the more precious it becomes, and the better it tastes." Using an outline and study guide from John Stott (Reading Romans with John Stott Vol. 1), we explore Romans 1-8, which speaks of Christ's finished work on the cross. As we do, we become more acquainted with the basics of the Gospel, allowing us to confidently press on victoriously in our journey with the Lord.