This week we delve into Romans 6 and see why God's grace, which forgives ALL our sins, doesn't mean that we are free to keep sinning.

This week in Leading the Group we discuss building tension as a means of engaging your group. In Teaching the Text we look at Hebrews 7 and why Jesus is like Batman: he's the high priest we need (but don't deserve - or something like that. I really don't know. Ask Brodie.)

This week we shift into a new section of Romans. In Chapters 1-4, we saw what the gospel IS. In Chapters 5-8, we see what the gospel GIVES. And what the gospel gives is hope. Today we answer two questions: (1) what is the Christian hope? and (2) what are the reasons we can be certain of our hope?

Brodie returns! In Leading the Group, we discuss some principles for effective application in Bible studies. In Teaching the Text, we try to untangle the tension between the author's warnings and assurances.

This week we delve deeper into the gospel that Paul proclaims and ask how we can be included in the family of God and lay claim to the family inheritance.

This week God tells us to sit down and shut up: we stand condemned under his judgment. But just as the axe is about to fall, instead of destroying us, he tells us to listen, listen to the most momentous news in history.

This week in "Leading the Group" we discuss handling contributions, whether they be right, wrong, or completely off-topic. Then in "Teaching the Text", Keely calls in and discussed Jesus' qualifications as our high priest from Hebrews 4:14-5:10 with Matt. 

Today we discuss how to generate discussion rather than awkwardness in Leading the Group, and we tackle Week 4's Bible study on Hebrews 3:1-4:13 in Teaching the Text.

 Before Paul can explain why the gospel is the power of God for salvation (1:16), he needs to show us what we need saving from. This is the second week we're looking at the context of the gospel as outlined in 1:18-3:20. This week: God will judge you.

A change of format today, one which we hope will be better moving forward. We examine some of the mistakes we made last week and talk about how we can avoid them in the future, as well as talk about next week's passage.