After a devastating picture of the sinfulness of man in Romans 1, Paul pivots in Romans 2 to look good, moral, religious people straight in the face to say, "you're in the same boat". Religious people in many cases have a more difficult time believing the gospel than rebellious people. They don't see their desperate need.

After a devastating picture of the sinfulness of man in Romans 1, Paul pivots in Romans 2 to look good, moral, religious people straight in the face to say, "you're in the same boat". Religious people in many cases have a more difficult time believing the gospel than rebellious people. They don't see their desperate need.

Easter 2017. In the resurrection of Jesus Christ we hear an eternal "amen" from heaven on the power of God's love to transform broken people to new life. It is the power of the gospel, for EVERYONE who believes.

Easter 2017. In the resurrection of Jesus Christ we hear an eternal "amen" from heaven on the power of God's love to transform broken people to new life. It is the power of the gospel, for EVERYONE who believes.

Easter 2017. In the resurrection of Jesus Christ we hear an eternal "amen" from heaven on the power of God's love to transform broken people to new life. It is the power of the gospel, for EVERYONE who believes.

Before Paul teaches beauty of the good news in his letter to the Romans, he delves into the darkness in every human heart. The reality of brokenness and depravity on the earth must be faced honestly before the need for grace can begin to make sense.

Before Paul teaches beauty of the good news in his letter to the Romans, he delves into the darkness in every human heart. The reality of brokenness and depravity on the earth must be faced honestly before the need for grace can begin to make sense.

God's wrath is not a popular idea today, even in Christian churches. But if we were to "white out" the verses in the Bible speaking of His wrath, we would have a horrible visage - A God who is blithely unaware or unconcerned with injustice. When we properly see His wrath, the beauty of His love in the gospel begins to make sense.

God's wrath is not a popular idea today, even in Christian churches. But if we were to "white out" the verses in the Bible speaking of His wrath, we would have a horrible visage - A God who is blithely unaware or unconcerned with injustice. When we properly see His wrath, the beauty of His love in the gospel begins to make sense.

It's easy to forget that Romans was once not a book in the Bible, but a letter read from a real person to a real church. Paul's background uniquely prepared him to be used by God to bring the message of the Message beyond the boundaries of Judaism to spread throughout the Roman world.