Author Archives: HeIsGreater

3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. It is so hard in the ‘days of self-esteem’ to have soberContinue reading “Romans 12:3”

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Don’t get off the altar. Stay put. Live there, love there, die there.

Romans 11:36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. Read those words carefully: from, through and to. Picture the direction of those words, out of, through the middle of, and into. It seems to me that the arrows are pointing in all directionsContinue reading “Romans 11:36”

14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. Do our lives arouse envy in other people? Envy for the God we serve? Envy for the stuff we have? Or maybe the god we serve? Do our marriages exemplify the kind of love Christ hasContinue reading “Romans 11:14”

17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. My question is this: Can a non-follower of Christ hear? Can a blind person see the intricate colors of the last sliver of sunlight as it descends? Can a deaf person savor the crispness of the piccoloContinue reading “Romans 10:17”

12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, Are we really ready to live this out? Do we in actuality live without prejudice of any kind? How about the homeless, the wealthy, the circumferentially challenged, the ‘never use aContinue reading “Romans 10:12”

3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. If you have been to a large city anywhere in the world you have probably been approached by a street vendor, someone trying to sell you a cheap knockoff ofContinue reading “Romans 10:3”

20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’” How many of us during our teen years ask the question of God, “Why did you make me like this?” That is one of the ageContinue reading “Romans 9:20”

10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children had one and the same father, our father Isaac. The world would be a very different place if Abraham had been obedient. The map would not have any Arab peoples. Perhaps Islam would not have come into existence, birthed in a time of turmoil and religious apathy. TheContinue reading “Romans 9:10”