A Whole New Family (Notes from last night)

We continued our study of Paul’s letter to the Romans last night by looking at how he describes salvation in Chapter 5, 6 and 8. Here are the notes: 5:1-2       Summing up Ch. 1-4: We have peace with God, “through Jesus Christ” 5:3-11     This produces a totally...

How do we get Righteous? (Notes from Last Night.)

We continued our study of Romans last night by looking at the crucial passage in 3:21-26. They are a little sparse, but here are the notes: 3:19     Two issues we all have with sin: 1. We don’t think we really have any. Paul addresses this in 1:18-3:19;  2. We know we...

What is Freedom? (Notes from last night.)

Admittedly, the blog has been a little sparse lately…but here’s the notes from last night, as we continued our study of Paul’s letter to the Romans by looking at chapters 1 and 6: We looked at the concept of freedom Paul was working with. This...

A first look at Romans: Notes from last night

Last night we began our Autumn journey through Paul’s letter to the Romans, looking at the first seven verses of Chapter 1. Here are the notes: 1.   Notice the structure of the verses. “Paul” (v.1)…”to all who are in Rome” (v.7) Things about Paul (v.1 & 5)...

Why is there Gender? Notes from Last Night

Last night we concluded our look at ideas about orientation and human make-up in scripture by reexamining gender, this time from a basic level, to find the Bible’s answer to the question: Why do we even have Gender? Here are the notes: A Beginning Discussion on...