Day 1: Rooted and ReadyDevotionalImagine being praised by someone who has never met you in person. That is exactly what happened to the church in Rome. Paul had never visited them, yet he wrote with g...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 15:14-21, the pastor explores Paul's commendation of the Roman church for being full of goodness, filled with knowledge, and able to instruct one another. Paul writes...  Read More

Day 1: Welcomed As You AreDevotionalThere is a moment most of us know well. It is the feeling of not being quite ready, not good enough, not cleaned up enough, not far enough along. We tell ourselves ...  Read More

SummaryIn Romans 15:7-13, the Apostle Paul brings together one of the central themes of the entire book: the Gospel of Jesus Christ is for everyone, both Jews and Gentiles. Paul shows that God's plan ...  Read More

Day 1: Built to Bear One AnotherDevotionalLife is not meant to be lived alone, and faith is no different. One of the most countercultural things a Christian can do is choose to stay, to lean in, and t...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 15:1-7, the pastor explores the role of Scripture in building endurance, unity, and the glory of God within the local church. Drawing on Paul's words that "whatever w...  Read More

Day 1: Built for StrengthDevotionalThere is something in all of us that wants life to be easier. We want the struggle to stop, the pressure to lift, and the hard seasons to pass quickly. But what if t...  Read More

SummaryIn Romans 15:1-6, the Apostle Paul calls the church to recognize that those who are strong in the faith have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, not to please themselves, but t...  Read More

Day 1: More Than You Bargained ForDevotionalMost of us have, at some point, treated faith like a vending machine. We bring our preferences, our prayers, and our expectations, and we wait for what we w...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 14:17-23, the pastor calls believers to shift their focus away from personal preferences and liberties and toward the kingdom of God. The kingdom is not about what we...  Read More

Day 1: Freed to LoveDevotionalWhat does it mean to truly be free? In our culture, freedom often gets defined as the right to do whatever we want, whenever we want. But Jesus reframes freedom entirely....  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 14:13-23, the pastor explores the tension between Christian liberty and the call to love and serve one another within the body of Christ. Paul's central argument is t...  Read More