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Foreword -- Introduction to the book of Romans -- Founding and history of the church at Rome -- Purpose of Romans -- Romans' theological themes -- Structure and outline of Romans -- Romans' relevance for the twenty-first century -- Meeting Paul, 1:1-17 -- Greetings, 1:1-7 -- Ministry at its best is two-edged, 1:8-15 -- The Gospel in a nutshell, 1:16, 17 -- All have sinned, 1:18-3:20 -- The sin problem and human responsibility 1:18-21a -- Sin's downward path, 1:21b-32 -- Judgment for all, 2:1-5 -- Judgment by works, 2:6-11 -- The impartiality of judgment, 2:12-16 -- False views of assurance, 2:17-29 -- Objections to Paul's teaching, 3:1-8 -- Sinners means everybody, 3:9-19 -- What the law can't do, 3:20 -- The good news of justification, 3:21-5:21 -- Righteousness by faith, 3:21, 22a -- The place of grace, 3:22b-24a -- The vindication of God, 3:24-26 -- The consequences of God's plan, 3:27-31 -- Old Testament proof of justification by faith, 4:1-8 -- Abraham's multicultural family, 4:9-15 -- The faith of Abraham, 4:16-25 -- The fruit of justification, 5:1-5 -- Reason to rejoice, 5:6-11 -- The Adam way or the Christ way, part 1, 5:12-14 -- The adam way or the Christ way, part 2, 5:15-21 -- The way of godliness, 6:1-8:39 -- Dead to sin and alive to god, 6:1-11 -- And who is the ruler of my life? 6:12-14 -- Two ways of life, 6:15-19 -- Two eternal destinations, 6:20-23 -- Dead to the law and alive to Christ, 7:1-6 -- The depth of God's good law, 7:7-12 -- Remaining sin and tension in Christian living, 7:13-20 -- Who can rescue us? 7:21-25 -- No condemnation : Christ's accomplishment for Christians, 8:1-4 -- No condemnation witnessed to by the resurrection, 8:5-11 -- No condemnation witnessed to by the spirit and adoption, 8:12-17 -- No condemnation witnessed to by the certainty of hope, 8:18-25 -- No condemnation witnessed to by providence, 8:26-30 -- No condemnation witnessed to by God's advocacy, 8:31-39 -- Salvation for everyone, 9:1-11:36 -- Advantages aren't always helpful, 9:1-5 -- God calls the shots, 9:6-13 -- Mercy is everything, 9:14-18 -- Faith versus the stumbling stone, 9:19-33 -- Christ the only way, 10:1-13 -- Stubbornness in the face of invitation, 10:14-21 -- The remnant chosen by grace, 11:1-10 -- Hope for the Jews, 11:11-23 -- There's a wideness in God's mercy, 11:24-36 -- Living God's love, 12:1-15:13 -- Transformed living, 12:1, 2 -- Lesson number 1 in transformed living : using God's gifts, 12:3-8 -- Lesson number 2 in transformed living : loving one another, 12:9-16 -- Lesson number 3 in transformed living : overcoming evil with good, 12:17-21 -- Lesson number 4 in transformed living : respecting civil government, 13:1-7 -- Lesson number 5 in transformed living : living God's love, 13:8-10 -- Lesson number 6 in transformed living : walking in Advent hope, 13:11-14 -- Lesson number 7 in transformed living : remembering who we are, 14:1-12 -- A second reason not to judge, 14:13-23 -- Lesson number 8 in transformed living: building up one another, 15:1-6 -- Hope, joy, and peace for all, both Jew and Gentile, 15:7-13 -- Saying goodbye, 15:14-16:27 -- A tactful introduction to mission, 15:14-21 -- Missionary with a plan, 15:22-33 -- Lessons from a list of names, 16:1-16 -- A disruptive intermission, 16:17-23 -- Praise to the one who is able, 16:25-27. |