Tag Archives: Romans

As I was watching Antiques road Show on PBS the other night I had a vision of the person who sold for a few dollars the object worth tens of thousands! They were either very generous, or they had no clue of the objects true worth. I bet after seeing the episode where their formerly-ownedContinue reading “Romans 3:24”

Tax time cometh! Most people don’t like tax time. The possibility of an audit, even for those people who file their taxes honestly, looms like a storm cloud. Maybe it is that annual review at work, or when you turn in your cash box at the end of your day at the checkout line. WeContinue reading “Romans 3:19”

An absolute impossibility in the age of ‘science’. We have come to accept the idea that there are always exceptions. The laws of gravity seem to get suspended in the vastness of space. “I before E, except after C….” Oil and water don’t mix, except in hydrogenated butter substitutes. Marriage is for a man andContinue reading “Romans 3:4”

Do you remember ever loosing something given to you to pass along to someone else? Maybe it was lunch money for your sibling, the field-trip permission slip, or that phone message. We have all dropped the ball in our passing-on responsibilities. But what is our greatest responsibility as Christ-followers? Are we failing to pass onContinue reading “Romans 3:2”

What is your reputation among non-Christ-followers? If they were to give a report today about the effect of Jesus in our lives, would we even pass? And believe me, if they can’t see Jesus at work, then we need to question hard our relationship with Jesus. If the core of our spiritual being is corruptContinue reading “Romans 2:24”

Investment in destruction. I have learned the secret of compound interest too late in life. Now at age 50 I need to live to be 90 before I can reap the benefits of compound interest! I do think I will live to be 90, but I don’t want to have to be working at thatContinue reading “Romans 2:5”

Do you know what a paradox is? No, I don’t mean two wooden structures in water to which boats are tied. I mean a statement that seems contradictory, but is true just the same. Paul tells us to ‘think about it’ as he points out our frequent habit of double-standard thinking. The old illustration ofContinue reading “Romans 2:3”

I am amazed at the lengths people will go to avoid acknowledging God’s claim to their lives. We as humans would rather acknowledge the rights of the ‘primordial soup’ to control and determine our lives, than to bow the knee to Jesus. What is up with that? The answer is easy. The ‘soup’ makes noContinue reading “Romans 1:28”

Godlessness and wickedness. Acting as if God does not have moral authority in our lives or acting as if there were no moral authority at all, that sure sums up our times, doesn’t it! And to top it off, people try to bury in concrete the reality of that authority with more and more evilContinue reading “Romans 1:18”

What do we get emotionally charged about to the point of action? What moves us to engage the world beyond ourselves? When was the last time you denied your own desires and did what was best for another person? For far too many of us, it has been far too long since we did that.Continue reading “Romans 1:11”