The Leading the Holy Spirit

The Leading the Holy Spirit

This is one of the fruits of preaching through Scripture verse-by-verse: being confronted with doctrines in their context. In the exposition of Romans 8:14, I mentioned that there are only two places in Scripture where the leading of the Holy Spirit is prescriptively...
The “Wretched Man” of Romans 7

The “Wretched Man” of Romans 7

The most controversial interpretive issue in the Book of Romans concerns the identity of the “wretched man” in chapter 7. Normally I don’t trouble you over interpretive controversies. Usually they are divided along relatively neat lines. Typically they are quite...
Voluntary and Vicarious

Voluntary and Vicarious

“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.” — John 12:27 Good Friday is a day set aside by Christians for special observance in commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It...
Right with God

Right with God

This Sunday we begin a new series in our study through the book of Romans, “Right with God” (Romans 3:21-4:25). In the first chapter of Romans, Paul announced that he is unashamed of the gospel for two fundamental and inseparable reasons. First, “it is the...
Corrupt and Culpable

Corrupt and Culpable

This Sunday we begin a new series in our study through the book of Romans, “Corrupt and Culpable.” The body of this magisterial letter officially commences at 1:18. Here, we encounter some of the most devasting words in all Scripture. But they are intended...
How the Beloved of God are Loved

How the Beloved of God are Loved

If you are in Christ, you are beloved of God—a defining, life-changing, and all-encompassing reality that surpasses finite comprehension and calculation. The apostle Paul addresses the Christians in Rome as “beloved of God,” referring to them as people distinguished...