Why is the power of God needed for our salvation?

Paul's gives us the outline for the Letter to the Romans right up front:

For I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: First to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."

Pretty much everything in the rest of the letter is acknowledged here in these two short verses.

Who is Paul? Why is he writing Romans?

James gave us a nice list about how to tell the difference between heavenly and earthly wisom. Now let's see what John and Paul have to say.

With so much information coming from so many "experts" how do we discern true wisdom?

What do the "Wisdom Books" of the Old Testament tell us about Wisdom? In this bonus extended episode, we explore Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes to see what these three books together tell us about the mysteries of wisdom.

How important is Wisdom? Why?

If we believe Many to Many discipleship in small group is the best approach to discipleship (and we do) then why do we do public teaching at all?

If discipleship occurs in the small groups why do we gather together for corporate worship anyway?

What does baptism have to do with community? Why does Jesus command it? Why did He do it?