Sermons tagged with ‘romans’

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Pentecost 14, Series A, 2020, Romans 13.1-10

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Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ Paul clearly has a different perspective on government and politics than we do. Paul says, “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.” Paul thinks that God is in control, and whoever is in […]

Pentecost 13, Series A, 2020 Romans 12.9-21

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Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” That’s just what we need to hear right now. “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” That’s just what we need to hear right now, because it reminds us who we are.   It’s really easy to […]

Pentecost 12, Series A, 2020, Romans 11.33-12.8

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Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ Paul says, “For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think.” That’s a lot harder than it sounds.   David Brooks is a columnist for the NY Times and the author of several books. Brooks […]

Pentecost 8, Series A, 2020 Romans 8:28-39

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Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ Thank God we didn’t write Romans 8.    In Romans 8, Paul says, “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good.” But if we had to write this passage right now it would probably sound more like this: “we know that for those who […]

Pentecost 7, Series A, 2020 Matthew 13; Romans 8

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Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ It might not look like it now, but the good work God has started in Jesus will come to fruition. It might not look like it now. By all appearances it might seem like this world is out of God’s control, random and chaotic; it might seem like God’s plans in Jesus have been scrapped […]

Pentecost 6, Series A, 2020 Romans 8.12-17

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Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ We Christians have a freedom that no government could ever grant us. We who belong to Christ have a freedom far deeper than the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights could ever give us.   If anything has become clear lately, it’s that American freedom can only […]

Pentecost 4, Series A, 2020 Romans 7:1-13

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Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ “We are free from the law.”  The apostle Paul says, “…you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead.” Again Paul says, “But now you are released from the law…”  We’ve died […]

Pentecost 3, Series A, 2020 Romans 6:12–23

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Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.” That’s just what we need to hear right now. “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.” That’s just what we need to hear right now because more […]

Pentecost 2, Series A, 2020 Romans 5:6–15

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Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ The entire world is engaged in one huge contest for self-justification and self-worth. Everyone in the world, including you and me, is involved in one giant competition to prove ourselves worthy and to show that we deserve respect and admiration.   This is really clear on Facebook. Facebook is really one big arena in which we […]

Lent 3, Series A, 2020 Exodus 17:1–7; Romans 5:1–8

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Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ In the name of + Jesus. Amen. Now is a time to rejoice. It may not seem like it. The spread of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, hangs over us right now like a dark cloud. We’re facing a global infection that could spread rapidly to a large part of the population. […]