Articles and Ep Notes

Romans 12:9-21 Teaching Outline Love Your Enemies... Unfortunately Opening: The Flow of Romans 12 Romans 12:1: Present your body as a living sacrifice. Romans 12:2: Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:3-8:…

Romans 12:1-8 Teaching Outline Segment One: Get Back on the Altar Romans 12:1-2, Surrender and Transformation 1. Start with "Therefore" - Romans 12:1 Romans 12 flows out of Romans 1-11. Theology must become biography. Wha…

Romans 11:25-36 Teaching Outline Segment One: God Is Not Finished Romans 11:25-32 1. Beware spiritual arrogance, Romans 11:25 "Lest you be wise in your own sight." Grace eliminates boasting. Gentile inclusion does not mea…

Romans 11:11-24 Teaching Outline "Grafted In and Already Acting Like You Own the Tree" Segment One: Their Stumble Wasn't the End Romans 11:11-16 1. A stumble is not necessarily the end, Romans 11:11 Israel stumbled through…

Romans 11:1-10 Teaching Outline "How to Miss God While Looking for Him" Segment One: God Has Not Rejected His People Romans 11:1-6 1. The Question: Has God Rejected Israel? (v. 1) Paul's immediate answer: "By no means!" P…

Romans 10:5-21 Teaching Outline "Congratulations, You've Tried Everything Except Jesus" 1. The Problem With Performance - Romans 10:5 Righteousness based on the law requires obedience. God's standard is perfection, not comparison. The law r…

Romans 9:30-10:4 Teaching Outline "Trying So Hard You Missed Jesus" 1. The Great Gospel Irony, Romans 9:30 Gentiles were not pursuing righteousness. Yet they received righteousness by faith. Righteousness is received, not achieved.…

Romans 9:1-29 Teaching Outline "The Potter, the Clay, and the Clay's Strong Opinions" 1. Begin With a Broken Heart, Romans 9:1-5 Paul begins with sorrow, not argument. "Great sorrow and unceasing anguish." Paul longs for his fellow Israelit…

Romans 8:31-39 Teaching Outline "Who's Gonna Stop God? ... I'll Wait." SEGMENT ONE: IF GOD IS FOR US Romans 8:31-34 1. "What then shall we say to these things?" - Romans 8:31 Romans 8 demands a response. Theology must bec…

Romans 8:18-30 Teaching Outline "Apparently, This Is All Working Together for Good" Central Question Can I trust that God has not lost the plot, even when I cannot understand the story? Big Idea The groaning is real, but the groaning is n…

Romans 8:12-17 "You Don't Owe Your Old Life Anything" Central Question: Are you living like a slave trying to earn acceptance, or like a son who knows he has been adopted? Big Idea: In Christ, you are no longer obligated to the flesh. The Spiri…

Romans 8:1-11 "Who's Running Your Mind?" Big Idea No condemnation behind you. The Spirit of God within you. Resurrection ahead of you. The gospel does not merely change your verdict, it changes your life. Segment 1: No C…

"Why Do I Want What I Know Is Wrong?" Opening Hook Sometimes the truth that makes us uncomfortable is the truth trying to set us free. We often ask God to change what's around us. Romans 7 turns the light inward. God's Law…

Romans 6:13-23, "You Become What You Obey" Introduction: Why We Jumped Ahead to Romans 7:1-6 Sometimes you need to see where Paul is going to understand where you are. Romans 7:4: "So that you may belong to another." Romans 7…

Romans 7:1-6, The Old Way Is Over Opening Hook Christianity is not God helping the old you behave better. God's answer to the old life is death and resurrection. The law can reveal righteousness, but it cannot produce life. …

Romans 6:1-12 Teaching Outline "Dead to Sin, Alive to God" Opening What if the problem isn't that sin still has power over you, but that you still believe it does? Romans 6 moves from forgiveness to freedom. The gospel does …

Romans 5:12-21 Teaching Outline Two Men, Two Destinies: Adam, Christ, and the Triumph of Grace Segment 1: When Death Entered the World, Romans 5:12-17 1. Sin enters through Adam, Romans 5:12 Sin enters the world through one…

Romans 5:1-11 Teaching Outline Peace With God: What Changes When You Are Justified? Opening Hook Romans 5 moves from explaining justification to experiencing its consequences. Central question: How can I know God is really for me when li…

When the Promise Looks Impossible Romans 4:13-25 Segment One: When the Promise Is Bigger Than the Possibility Romans 4:13-18 1. The Promise Came Through Faith, Not Law, Romans 4:13 Abraham received the promise before the Law of Moses. …

You Can Be Lost and Never Leave Church Luke 15:11-32 Segment 1: Give Me What Is Mine Luke 15:11-16 Context: Luke 15:1-2 Tax collectors and sinners draw near to Jesus. Pharisees and scribes criticize Jesus for receiving sinners. Jesus resp…

Segment 1: Counted Righteous - Romans 4:1-8 Romans 4:1-2 - Abraham and the question of works Abraham had an impressive spiritual resume Works would provide grounds for boasting "But not before God" Human comparison ends in…

Romans 3:21-31 No Room to Boast Segment 1: The Righteousness We Could Never Earn Romans 3:21-26 The verdict: all are guilty - Romans 3:19-20 The great turning point: "But now" - Romans 3:21 God provides the righteousness He require…

No One Gets a Pass Romans 3:9-20 Teaching Outline Segment One: Under Sin Romans 3:9-18 1. The Universal Indictment - Romans 3:9 Jew and Gentile stand on equal ground. Religious privilege does not equal spiritual innocence. Hum…

Romans 3:1-8 Teaching Outline Let God Be True Segment 1: The Danger of Being Close to God Romans 3:1-2 Paul's question: "What advantage has the Jew?" Romans 2 has removed confidence in: Religious identity Circumcision Pos…