It may appear that Abraham is a mere example of someone who once trusted God and somehow illustrates how we are to trust God. But a closer look reveals that Abraham is more than an example. Through Abraham, God moves his plan of salvation toward...
The heart of the gospel is that God declares us right with himself, based on the righteous work of Christ on the cross, as a gift of grace to be received by faith. The gospel transforms every relationship we have; with God, with ourselves, and...
The gospel is good news, but it is only received by those who see their need. We all need the gospel because we all are sinners. If we deny our sinfulness, or downplay just how sinful we are, we will not be open to the...
Grace Community church exists to build spiritually healthy people for ministry in the world. One of the ways that we pursue this mission is by gathering each Sunday for corporate worship, prayer, and biblical teaching. The corporate nature of this gathering is both edifying to...
Rob Tims speaks this week. Paul wants his readers (which includes you and I) to have absolute gospel clarity, because only absolute gospel clarity can protect us from the allure of religion to make us right before God. It is entirely possible to live churched,...
What is gospel numbness? Michael Kelley preaches this week from Romans 2:1-16. Grace Community church exists to build spiritually healthy people for ministry in the world. One of the ways that we pursue this mission is by gathering each Sunday for corporate worship, prayer, and biblical...
The gospel is presented as the answer to many needs, and even desires. But what does the gospel itself tell us about our greatest problem? What is our greatest need? The wrath of God is essential to his righteous nature. God’s wrath is his righteous...
The gospel is central to our faith. This center will hold. Romans 1 tells us that the gospel is God’s and it concerns his Son. The gospel is the power of God for salvation because it is the message of what Jesus Christ, the Son...
How did Paul go from being a persecutor of the church to an apostle of God who preached the gospel? How did Jews and Gentiles in Rome become the saints of God who belong to Jesus Christ? How did we get here, in this state...
Why read and preach through the book of Romans? Because this New Testament letter to the church in Rome contains the central message of the Christian faith. The good news is that God makes sinners right with himself by grace though faith on the basis...
