Paul concludes his teachings to date with a doxology--a praise for the ways of God. We use Paul's praise to remind ourselves two things: to praise, and to trust God's ways.

Paul wraps up the big themes he's been explaining in these last three chapters with a statement that he has "consigned all to disobedience" so that he can have mercy on all.

Paul goes further in his connection between disobedience and mercy. We dug into disobedience yesterday, so today we explore God's mercy.

Paul introduces the concept of how disobedience drives mercy. We talk about an example from the world of ... trees. Yes, more tree talk.

In verse 29, Paul loops back to a similar point from the beginning of chapter 9: that God has chosen to bestow great gifts and calling on the people of Israel, and God won't change his mind just because the people of Israel failed to follow Jesus.

Paul writes that those who have rejected the Gospel are "enemies." We explore what enemies are in a Biblical sense and how we are called to respond to our enemies.

Paul continues a quote that starts in Isaiah 59 to support the fact that "all Israel will be saved."

Paul quotes Isaiah 59:20 in support of his promise that there will come a time when all Israel will be saved.

Paul sets up a new section by acknowledging that there is a mystery behind Israel's rejection of Jesus, and that God may be at work in the mystery by hardening the heart of Israel.

Paul gives us a second verse about how all branches can be grafted into God's tree, so the Porter boys talk about a tree that we just planted.