Romans Overview: Jesus is King

For the first time in Mark's Gospel, Jesus crosses from Jewish territory into Gentile lands to confront the spiritual forces that have oppressed the nations. In this podcast episode, David walks through the longest exorcism account in Scripture, showing how Jesus fulfills God's p ... Show More

The Pharisees created extra laws around God's commands to bring the Messiah and restore Israel as a blessing to the world. But when Jesus comes, he shows that he is the fulfillment, authority, and purpose of the law. In this podcast episode, David walks through three stories in M ... Show More

In this podcast episode, David Bowden delves into Mark 1:2-15 on John the Baptist. 

Paul writes The Book of Romans to the believers in the most prominent and influential city of the age - Rome. These believers, like many Christians, are struggling with a specific theological tension. Is belief enough? Or are certain works required as well? There are Jewish belie ... Show More

The Romans arrest and try Jesus. 

In part 1 (0-19:00), Tim and Jon give a brief historical overview of Israel at the time Jesus was born. Israel had been under hundreds of years of military occupation by different empires. At the time of Jesus, that empire is Rome. Tim notes that the entire Jewish people would ha ... Show More

Pour l’Avent, la Foi prise au mot vous propose une série sur Jésus organisée selon la première proclamation de foi, Jésus Christ Fils de Dieu, Sauveur. Dans ce premier numéro de la série, nous nous intéressons à la personne historique de Jésus. Que nous en disent les textes ? Que ... Show More

Luther's justification by faith, though it may have been aimed at an unconditional understanding over and against works-righteousness, melded conditionalism and unconditionalism and injected much of Christian thought and biblical interpretation with this confusion. Romans is the ... Show More

Augustus' Roman Empire produced over two hundred years of peace in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. It was called the 'Pax Romana', or Roman Peace. It has never been achieved before or since. So, how did the Romans do it? Find out in this episode. 

In part 1 (0- 14:00), Paul was a zealous Pharisee before he converted to following Jesus. Tim says this “zeal” that Paul showed as a Pharisee is a hyperlink to an Old Testament story in Numbers 25 where the priest Phineas exercised “zeal” to preserve the Jewish law. Jon comments ... Show More

As you begin Week 3 of our study in Romans, listen to special guest Allen Parr and Amanda talk through their experience reading this week’s Scripture. Together they unpack how Romans teaches us to view sin, our relationship to Christ because of our sin, and the grace that gives u ... Show More