Israel has turned their back on God, but has God turned His back on Israel? By no means! Paul shows in these opening verses that God is dealing with New Israel the same way that He always has: through keeping a faithful remnant for Himself.

The encounter between Jacob and Esau is one of the most unexpected meetings in the entire Bible. Esau's forgiveness is so surprising to us. But as Christians, how surprised should we really be?

Paul spends the back half of Romans chapter 10 explaining to Jewish unbelievers that the problem is not with the Gospel, but with their rejection of this Good News.

What is the Gospel? How can someone who is sinful actually gain eternal life? Paul unpacks the very heart of the Good News as we begin Romans chapter 10.

We close this chapter of the Bible with the very heart of the Gospel itself. How do I get right with God? How can someone be declared Righteous before Him? Israel has failed to do this. But Paul has news about the end of Israel. And from this tragedy, comes the best news in the history of the world.

The Potter and the Clay. It is one of the most important texts in Romans chapter 9. This text is filled with the hope of God's sovereignty over and God's patience with stubborn clay.

If God is sovereign why should we evangelize?

Where does our "will" factor into salvation?

And what about Pharaoh's hard heart?

All this and more on a very important Thursday night in Romans chapter 9!

Is God just and fair in all that He does? Sometimes it does not seem like it. But what Paul shows us in this important passage is that God is in fact fairer and even more merciful than we can possibly imagine.

If God will protect His people, what about Israel? Scattered among the nations, it certainly seems that "the word of God has failed." But Paul shows us that our viewpoint of God only working to save Israel is too small. There's a much bigger plan at work .

Paul ends his magnificent chapter full of joy. God's eternal plan has filled him with a courage and a comfort that he now brings full circle and begins to explain.