Israel at this time simmered with national and messianic hopes, much of it fueled by resentment of Roman After all, this would be the perfect moment for Jesus to seize the day (carpe diem - to borrow from Roman Is. 31:1–3; 1 Ki. 4:26), which would have whipped the political aspirations of the vast crowds into insurrectionist

So they've now brought Jesus to Pontius Pilate, the regional Roman governor. Dig Deeper Political kingdoms, especially like the Roman Empire that Pontius Pilate represented, rely describes Jesus' truth - the gospel - as the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes (Romans

Acts 13:26-41 (NIV) CONTEXT: Earlier this year we read about how "the whole city" showed up to hear believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. 40   Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you: 41  “ ‘Look, you scoffers, challenge as they rediscovered the doctrines of grace and worked to wean people off of the rituals the Roman

passage. 3   Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4  Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 As Paul wrote the Romans in Romans 1:21, “For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God

A sacramentum  referred to the sacred oath of allegiance that Roman soldiers would swear upon entering This oath was a personal commitment to loyalty and obedience to their commanders and the Roman state. oath was made with their right hand raised, and their left hand resting on a symbol of the powerful Roman the recruit certainly swore his commitment, and in response, the military gave him an identity as a Roman

Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 Mediterranean Sea and came to them by way of Ephesus, located in yet an entirely different part of the Roman all things works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose (Romans

In Romans 7:4-6, Paul writes: 4 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body Paul’s teaching to the Romans is that because of Jesus’ death on our behalf, we are released from the

ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Romans 10

Is the Roman Catholic Eucharist really a "condemnable idolatry?" How does the Lord’s Supper differ from the Roman Catholic Mass? A. Dig Deeper For all the differences between the Roman Catholic Church and Reformed churches (or protestant Many modern Roman Catholic theologians would say it's too harsh, and that the Heidelberg doesn't fairly Many of you used to be, and maybe still are, members of the Roman Catholic Church, so these words likely

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 4: The Canonical Books This week gospels— Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles; the fourteen letters of Paul— to the Romans We want to get to the good stuff, so we often jump in at verse 3 or 4 of the first chapter. Certainly the first 'exiles' who got this letter lived in far flung Roman provinces, but you're an exile