Woodland Oaks Church of Christ

EP6 - Justification, Atonement, and Abraham; How exactly can a perfect God reconcile fallen humanity?  It’s the mystery of atonement:  paying for sin, and repairing an irreparably damaged relationship.  God provides - and receives - the perfect sacrifice.

EP5 - Justification:  How We’re Saved;  Everybody’s guilty, and without a defense strategy.  But in one of the most important passages in the Bible, Paul proclaims justification by faith, apart from flawless commandment keeping.  Nobody expected it. 

EP4 - More Than Skin Deep:  Paul turns his guns on religious people who think they’re exempt.  God’s judgment is impartial, and true obedience is a matter of the heart.

EP3 - No Excuses (Why Everybody's Lost):  The wrath of God is revealed against human sin.  Paul shows how idolatry and evil leads to moral collapse, and why the world desperately needs the gospel.  We introduce three standards of judgement that might surprise you.  And everyone is in big trouble as he moves his  "condemnation" argument forward.

EP2 - The Power of the Gospel:  Paul introduces his letter with a central theme: the revelation of the gospel as God’s power to save.  We chew on the famous declaration, “The righteous shall live by faith,” and begin to investigate the origins of God’s wrath.