Welcome to the Epistle to the Romans, the Apostle Paul’s magnum opus which deals with the doctrines of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In this lesson, John Horning discusses Paul’s writings on those we preach the Gospel to and why understanding these recipients is critical to our preaching.

What was Solomon’s story? How did he go about maximizing life? In this lesson, John Horning relates Solomon’s first of two life lessons: Prosperity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Especially after it’s all dried up.

What will you say at the end of your life? What advice might you give to the people who still have time when your time is running out? In this episode, John Horning enters into Solomon’s sermon about living a life that isn’t wasted — a life lived in light of death.

Time for the big answer. If God is good and all-powerful, then why does God allow for evil, suffering, and brokenness in His world? In this episode, John Horning explains God’s explicit reason for allowing evil with a conclusion that grates against our very nature: God is God, and we are not.

Why is this world broken? Why is there suffering if the God Who created everything is good? In this episode, John Horning discusses the historical account of how exactly the world fell to this broken state.

If God is good and if God is sovereign, then why does God allow all the suffering, sin, and brokenness in the world? In this episode, John Horning starts a three part series with the answer in 2 Peter 3: God is patient with evil people.

There is sometimes a perception that Song of Solomon shouldn’t be read by young Christians or shouldn’t be read at all. In this episode, John Horning discusses the essential role of Song of Solomon in the life of Christians in general and in the life of young Christians specifically.

What does salvation look like in the life of a Christian? If a person becomes a Christian, what does that do to him? In this lesson, John Horning finishes talking about the Gospel by discussing the result of the Gospel in a believer’s life.

How does Elijah’s ministry end? What does it look like to transfer a ministry from one person to another? In this lesson, John Horning discusses what it means to pass the mantle and pass it well from the story of Elijah’s ascent to Heaven.

What is Hell? What is Hell like, and what is Hell for? Why is the Gospel “Good News?” In this lesson, John Horning discusses the judgment waiting for all who reject God and His offer of Salvation.