Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 24
1/15/12 Romans 5:3-12. How can tribulation and trouble in your life work patience? Are bad circumstances a sign of God's displeasure with you?

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 23
Part 1: Answering a question about Ephesians 2:11-14.
Part 2: Romans 5:3-5

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 22
12/25/11 Romans 5:1-2 Justification by FAITH: The glorious reconciliation of two irreconcilable parties (Sinful humanity & a Holy God) by the blood of Calvary's Cross

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 21
12/18/11 Romans 4:17-25

Romans Verse-By-Verse Part 20
12/11/11 Verse-by-Verse study of Romans 4:9-16. Understanding that circumcision and the Law never saved anyone. Everyone needs God's Imputed Righteousness.

Holly Days, Jolly Days, & Folly DAYS OF OPPORTUNITY.
12/04/11 How to make the most of the upcoming season of Holly - Jolly - Folly Days by (Eph 5:16) "Redeeming the time."
 

Romans Verse by Verse Part 19
1) Brief History of "The Mass of the Christ"
2) Rom 4 - dealing with "the Sure Mercies of David."

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 18
1) Brief commentary on the recent report regarding tithing in America and an affirmation/explanation of the principles of "Grace Giving."
2) Beginning Romans chapter 4. Solving the "Abramic Conundrum." Understanding that James does NOT need to match Romans in the way that each book doctrinally refers to the life of Abraham.

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 17
 Apologies for the random and irritating audio cut-outs this week. We are hoping to get the wireless mic issues resolved ASAP.

Finishing up Romans chapter 3. Understanding that no matter what God required as an object of faith throughout history, the ultimate eternal propitiatory sacrifice was paid by the Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary's cross.

 Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 16
1) Harold Camping failed in his date-setting "Tom Foolery" 2X in 2011.
2) Romans 3:21-26. 

a) Don't belittle the "BUT NOW" of Romans 3:21.

b) The question of the ages: How can a man that is born of a woman be JUSTIFIED in the eyes of a Holy and Righteous God? This question answered by the "BUT NOW" information regarding Christ's propitiatory sacrifice on Calvary.

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 15
10/16/11 Romans 3:9-20. Paul finishes up his history lesson and leaves all mankind throughout history hopeless and in need of a Savior.

Romans Verse-By-Verse Part 14
First, a brief look at the heresy of "British Israelism" as a justification for racism. Then, verse-by-verse study of Rom 3:5-9 as Paul "speaks as a man" asking flawed, MAN-centered philosophical questions and answers them by REJECTING the man-centered premise and declaring God's truth.

 Romans Verse-By-Verse Part 13
9/18/11 (Part 1) Dealing with the accusation that "You think YOU'RE right and everyone else is WRONG." (Part 2) Verse-by-verse study of Rom 3:1-4
 

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 12
9/11/11 Romans 2:17-29. Paul continues his history lesson now focusing on 'provoking Israel to jealousy.'

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 11
09/04/11 Briefly discussing the topic of Damnation.... followed by verse by verse study of the long sentence contained in Rom 2:12-16.

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 10
8/28/11 Romans 2:6 - 2:12. Continuing through Paul's history lesson. Seeing that God saves BY GRACE and THROUGH FAITH in EVERY dispensation. Also noting that there is ONE dispensation (OURS) whereby faith stands ALONE in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary's cross - without a performance requirement by humanity in order to gain eternal life.

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 9
08/21/11 Romans 2:1-5. Moving on in Paul's history lesson from early human history into the period where we see Israel appear as God's chosen people. God creates the Jewish nation through Abraham & his seed. A look at hypocritical judgement and the 'hardness' of the nation Israel's 'impenitent heart.'
 

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 8
7/31/11 Part. 1) A discussion regarding a young man named DeAngelo from Chattanooga, TN. Understanding the importance of right doctrine when dealing with children and teenagers.
Part 2) Verse by verse study of Romans 1:24-32
 

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 7
07/24/11 Romans 1:18-1:23 God's 1st revelation from heaven was not His love, but rather His wrath. Paul begins the telling indictment of all mankind throughout all history in verse 19 and chronicles the "stairway to Hell."

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 6
07/17/11 Romans 1:15-16 How much is in you? How ready are YOU to preach the gospel? Are you ASHAMED of the gospel of Christ?
Vs. 17 Explaining how the Gospel of Christ reveals the righteousness of God from faith to faith
 

Romans Verse-By-Verse Part 5
7/10/11 Romans 1:10-14 Understanding that the PROSPERITY we should seek is souls saved and saints edified. "Rightly dividing Paul" with respect to spiritual giftings and understanding a "more excellent way" with regards to the full knowledge of the Mystery of Christ.
 

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 4
6/26/11 Romans 1:8-11. Christ instructs us that our prayers should begin with thanksgiving. A look at the drastic difference between Christ's prayer promises to Kingdom Israel and Christ's prayer promises to the Body of Christ. Paul's "prosperous journey" to Rome. Finally, scrutiny of WRONG understandings of the Will of God vs. Biblical definitions of the will of God.

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 3
A quick backtrack regarding Romans 1:1 to discuss being separated UNTO something, rather than FROM something. Verse by verse study through Rom 1:7 ending with emphasis on God's offer to ALL mankind of grace, mercy, peace, and reconciliation during this, the dispensation of God's grace.
 

Romans Verse-by-Verse Part 2
Paul begins all of the letters that he wrote with the exact same word. A look at this fact in relation to the book of Hebrews. Romans 1:1-3
 

Romans Verse-By-Verse Part 1
Introduction to our upcoming verse-by-verse study of the Book of Romans. A basic outline of the book with discussion of the importance of the theme of the book: "Justification by Faith."

Finally: It's important to date the writing of Paul's epistles NOT according to the calendar, but in relationship to the book of Acts.
 

Effective Bible Study - 4
Getting used to the language of the KJV Bible. The 'hard words' turn out to be 'not so hard' when you 1) have a good dictionary, 2) get the 'flavor' of the hard word by looking at the context, and 3) Let the Bible be ITS OWN best dictionary.
Reading and Understanding your Bible is commanded, (2 TIM 2:15) and it's a worthy and "DO-ABLE" endeavor for each and every Christian.
 

Effective Bible Study - 3
Part 1- Discussion of each believers' personal responsibility to engage in effective & skillful personal evangelism.

Part 2 - Effective Bible Study - Identifying and respecting the CONTEXT of each verse that we read.
 

Effective Bible Study - 2
05/01/11 This study backtracks to answer a question asked during "Effective Bible Study 1" As members of the Body of Christ, are we COMPLETE (Col 2:10) or are we LACKING? (1 Thes 3:10)

Effective Bible Study - 1
4/24/11 The most important principle that one can utilize in order make one's Bible study be effective is to believe the w-o-r-d-s on the page. Make a Choice to be a Bible BELIEVER, not a Bible corrector. Let GOD be true, and every MAN a liar.
 

04/17/11 Speaking in tongues: What is it? Is it a miraculous ability to speak in REAL languages or an "undecipherable, direct prayer language?" What is the purpose of tongues?

Paul stated four times in his epistles that he was making a "faithful saying." A brief study of these "faithful sayings" and what they mean to Christian living.
 

04/03/11 Scrutinizing the error of attempting to predict a specific date for the 'catching away' of the Body of Christ and admonition to redeem your time.
 

03/27/11 According to 'conventional wisdom' and the 'common knowledge' of church-going people, the statement above is simply ludicrous. In this lesson, we demonstrate how EASY it is to prove from the Bible that Matthew 1 is not in the New Testament and neither are you.

03/13/11 Defining the Biblical word "Dispensation" and understanding the Biblical concept of "Dispensationalism." Why does it even matter and why is it so important?

03/06/2011 Peter and Paul both spoke about the cross. This study examines the differences between Peter's view of the cross according to God's Prophetic program (Acts 3:21) and Paul's view of the cross according to God's Mystery program. (Rom 16:25)

02/27/2011. The Mystery of Christ has 6 distinct aspects. In this hour we study these aspects to understand and DEFINE the Mystery of Christ. This definition is important since we are commanded to "Make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery." (Eph 3:9)
Apologies for the "less than ideal" audio quality as it seems we had an issue / the wireless mic this week.

Verse by verse study. Final instructions and salutations. Examining some of the folks Paul mentions and learning from their successes and failures.
 

Verse-by-verse study. Touching on charity with regards to inter-personal & inter-family issues. Also discussing church & family authority structure.

A brief discussion of Calvins "T.U.L.I.P." and "The Elect".
Then a look at Charity, the "bond of perfectness."