We are going to continue our study today of the letter to the Romans. It is not a study of the United States. It is a study of humanity and our depravity. Sadly, as we read this passage it sounds like a perfect description of the American culture.

What is your God like? Do you have a Genie in the bottle God? Is He a kind ol' grandpa who tells you stories, gives you money for candy, and just makes you feel good to be at his house?Or, is your God just up there watching? He minds His own business and let’s you work it out for yourself? I would assume a lot of us in here have a little more accurate understanding of God, but I think all people have a tendency to hold views of God that in reality makes them God.

What is your God like? Do you have a Genie in the bottle God? Is He a kind ol' grandpa who tells you stories, gives you money for candy, and just makes you feel good to be at his house?Or, is your God just up there watching? He minds His own business and let’s you work it out for yourself? I would assume a lot of us in here have a little more accurate understanding of God, but I think all people have a tendency to hold views of God that in reality makes them God.

What is your attitude about the gospel? Does the Bible prescribe an attitude for those who have received the Gospel? Let's refresh ourselves on the Gospel, the good story of that which we are to have an attitude about.

What is your attitude about the gospel? Does the Bible prescribe an attitude for those who have received the Gospel? Let's refresh ourselves on the Gospel, the good story of that which we are to have an attitude about.

The title of our message today is When Its Tough Being a Christian. So, when is it? How about when people make fun of you or persecute you for being one? Or there is a cost to being one: like not being promoted or losing a job, or ignored and left out by family. These kinds of things make it hard.

The title of our message today is When Its Tough Being a Christian. So, when is it? How about when people make fun of you or persecute you for being one? Or there is a cost to being one: like not being promoted or losing a job, or ignored and left out by family. These kinds of things make it hard.

Turn with me to Romans 1:1-7. We begin our series in Romans in earnest now. We have taken two weeks to just get an introduction. In these opening verses we are going to see that Paul was not just saved from being a murderer, or a legalist. He was not just saved from sin and death. He was saved to something.

Turn with me to Romans 1:1-7. We begin our series in Romans in earnest now. We have taken two weeks to just get an introduction. In these opening verses we are going to see that Paul was not just saved from being a murderer, or a legalist. He was not just saved from sin and death. He was saved to something.

Today we continue our introduction of the letter to the Romans. This is placed first among Paul's 13 letters in the New Testament. While the Gospels give us the words and works of Jesus, Romans is going to delve into all that the death of Jesus means for us.