Romans 12:3-21
Romans 12 begins with transformation of the mind, moves quickly into humility and the body of Christ, and ends with some of the most demanding instructions in the New Testament about enemies, retaliation, peace, and…
Romans 8:9-11; John 14:16-17
The Father is outside the universe, bigger than everything in it, and yet turned toward the people he made. The Son entered the universe, fully God and fully human, living a life that could be touched and followed and…
Romans 8:15-17; Ephesians 1:5-6
When Paul wants to describe what God has done for those who belong to Christ, he reaches past the family vocabulary Scripture has been using up to this point and selects a word from a different domain entirely. It is…