This passage is a well-known Sunday School / children's Bible story - but it has some deep things to say to us. In this passage we see God's providence working in astonishing, amazing, surprising ways. What does that teach us? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://und...
Mar 15, 2024•29 min
In the first part of Exodus, we look at how the world's values are always in tension with God's values. God's blessing and ways are seen as a threat by the world, who want to persecute his people. At the same time, there is encouragement for those who stand up for God. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free...
Mar 08, 2024•33 min
In this final chapter of Romans, Paul finishes by demonstrating that he practices what he preaches about unity. His love for the church in Rome shines through. However, he also gives a stern warning against those who would destroy the unity of the church. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: ...
Mar 01, 2024•31 min
Some people say Christian unity is highly important, some people hardly ever talk about it. This passage from Romans helps to shed light on how important Paul thought Christian unity is, and what unity looks like. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk...
Feb 23, 2024•30 min
Have you ever looked at someone else and thought, "I could never serve God like that"? This is doubly so for the apostle Paul, who seemed to accomplish so much for God. And yet, according to him, we should be encouraged. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk...
Feb 16, 2024•30 min
In this passage Paul says that we should bear with the conscience of weaker believers. What does that mean? This is one of the most misunderstood and misapplied passages in Romans - we need to look into it carefully to make sure that we don't miss the point. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: ...
Feb 09, 2024•32 min
Most people think that a moral life is about living without hurting anyone else. But Paul turns that on its head: Paul says that we actually have an obligation to love one another. What does that mean? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS •...
Feb 02, 2024•31 min
This is one of the most controversial passages in the New Testament. Paul seems to say that Christians should obey earthly authorities no matter what, because they have been put there by God. But is that really what he means? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk...
Jan 26, 2024•27 min
In these final chapters of Romans, Paul is explaining how the gospel should make a difference to our lives. In this passage, we think about how we should be as a church: we should love one another sincerely. This is especially important when we are dealing with people who have done us wrong. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, inclu...
Jan 19, 2024•35 min
Have you ever listened to a sermon and thought "so what"? What difference does that make? Good preachers apply the Bible and help us to understand what we need to do. Paul, in this passage and onwards, helps us make the gospel that he has been explaining real to our lives. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: ...
Jan 12, 2024•33 min
Pride is one of the most insidious sins - it can affect us in lots of different ways. In this passage Paul warns us not to be complacent but to be humble in the face of God's plans. He does this by warning the Gentile Christians not to feel superior to the Jews. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https...
Jan 05, 2024•31 min
Are all people equally in need of Jesus? In this chapter, Paul looks at the people of Israel and says that all are the same before Christ. What difference does that make to how we live and how we are as a church? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube ...
Dec 15, 2023•29 min
If nothing can separate us from God's love, then what about those who do not Christian? And does that mean God is unfair to choose some and not others? In this passage Paul laments over his own people, the Jews, but shows that God is acting according to his word and promises. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: ...
Dec 08, 2023•30 min
In our suffering we might think "is this a punishment?" or "am I on the wrong path?" In this passage we discover that nothing - absolutely nothing - can separate us from God's love. No circumstance, hardship, suffering, persecution - anything. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk...
Dec 01, 2023•28 min
Suffering is the hardest thing to cope with in life - especially long-term or chronic suffering. The only thing that keeps us going is hope - hope that one day things will change. In this passage, Paul shows us how God gives us hope through Jesus Christ, and how that changes the way that we suffer. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including ...
Nov 24, 2023•31 min
Last week we thought about how and why we struggle with sin. This week we are looking at the solution to those problems: the Holy Spirit. Christians now have an obligation - not to the flesh, to our sinful nature, but to the Spirit. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouT...
Nov 17, 2023•31 min
Do you find yourself struggling with sin in your life? Why is it that we seem to struggle with sin so much? In this passage, Paul illustrates the teaching of the previous section of Romans with some autobiographical information. Paul also found sin to be a struggle - but there is a reason, and a solution. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, includi...
Nov 10, 2023•31 min
In this passage, Paul talks about how great the change is for those who are in Christ. We are no longer slaves to sin but slaves of righteousness; we died with Christ and are raised to serve him in a new way. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/Und...
Nov 03, 2023•29 min
In this passage, Paul starts to turn his attention to the Christian life. If we are forgiven by grace through faith, does that mean we can sin as much as we like? And if not, how do we live the Christian life? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/Underst...
Oct 27, 2023•31 min
In this sermon we think about how the worst thing that ever happened in human history led to the best thing that ever happened in human history. Christ is superior to Adam - but what does that mean for us? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBib...
Oct 20, 2023•29 min
Paul turns from faith to hope. In this sermon we look at the importance of hope - how the gospel gives us hope. Plus, what it means for the Holy Spirit to have poured his love into our hearts. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/UnderstandTheBible • Facebook - ht...
Oct 13, 2023•29 min
Over the last few weeks we’ve come across the two different ways – “faith” vs “works”, as Paul puts it. But what does it mean to live by faith? In this passage, Paul turns to the example of Abraham to see how he lived by faith, and how he is the example for us to follow. What does that mean? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https...
Oct 06, 2023•32 min
Boasting is one of the most unattractive characteristics someone can have. In this passage, Paul says that boasting is "excluded". But how does that work? How does the gospel exclude boasting, and what does that mean for how we live? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtu...
Sep 29, 2023•33 min
Last week we saw that what God really cares about is the heart, rather than outward things - as the Jews of Paul's day were saying. In this sermon, Paul turns to answer an objection: what, then, is the value of being religious at all? What was the point of being Jewish? If all that matters is the heart, what's the point of any of our religious observance? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian fait...
Sep 22, 2023•29 min
Unfortunately, Christians can be just as judgemental as anybody. In fact, Christians can even be worse than others! In this sermon we look at what we can learn from Paul's critique of the Jews of his day. They thought they were enlightened and perfectly moral because they had the law - but what was really the case? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, inclu...
Sep 15, 2023•30 min
In this passage, Paul takes aim at judgemental moralists. Christians sometimes have a reputation for being judgemental and moralistic, although these days you can find that kind of attitude everywhere. What is the problem with being judgemental, and how can Christians be different? ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://underst...
Sep 08, 2023•32 min
What is the problem with the world today? In this sermon, we look at Paul's hard-hitting explanation of the root problem from Romans 1. The fundamental problem is 'men have forgotten God' - they turn away from him. God then gives us over to our sinful desires, which leads to the decay and degradation of society. The website I mention is Living Out - https://www.livingout.org/ ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teachi...
Sep 01, 2023•39 min
In the first part of a new series on the book of Romans, we think about how the gospel is not simply advice but is the power of God. Paul is called as an apostle of that message, and demonstrates the message in his life. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://youtube.com/Unders...
Aug 25, 2023•26 min
Do you take Jesus seriously? In the final part of the sermon on the mount, we think about the perils of claiming to be a Christian without taking Jesus seriously. We look at Jesus' teaching about true and false disciples, as well as his famous parable of the wise and foolish builders. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://unde...
Aug 04, 2023•29 min
Jesus' famous words are all about prayer. But why is it that prayer so often does not feel like what he says - "ask and it shall be given"? Why do so many people find prayer such a struggle? Jesus' words are here to encourage us to pray. ⛪CHURCH WITH UTB Because church doesn't need to be complicated - check it out . 🖱️ WEBSITE Understand the Bible - teaching the Christian faith online. Lots more on the website, including free courses: https://understandthebible.uk 💻 LINKS • YouTube - https://y...
Jul 21, 2023•31 min
