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Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Erskine White

For I am not ashamed of the Gospel. (Romans 1:16) I want you to step into a time machine with me this morning. We're going to spend a few minutes today back in ancient Rome. We are going to the place they call "the Eternal City." In this year of 54 or 58 A.D., Rome is certainly the most magnificent city this side of China. It is the hub and heartbeat of an empire from Europe to Africa to the edge ...

2. Romans 14:1-12

Romans 14:1-12

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

The "practical" portion of Paul's Roman epistle continues this week. A typical pastoral issue confronts the Jewish-Gentile relationship within these Christian churches. It is thought that Paul's letter to the Romans was written about 51 A.D., a date corresponding to a significant population shift. In 49 A.D., the emperor Claudius had temporarily banished a large number of Roman Jews, in part becau...

3. Romans 1:1-7

Romans 1:1-7

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

Today's reading introduces us to the Pauline letter that arguably has had more influence on the development of biblical theology and the growth of the church than any other New Testament document. Think only of Augustine's encounter with Romans in the garden at Milan, or Luther's reading of Romans in an Augustinian monastery in Wittenberg, or Wesley listening to a reading of Luther's preface to Ro...

4. Romans 10:5-15

Romans 10:5-15

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

In Romans 10 Paul writes out of both disappointment and urgency. He is saddened that his fellow Jews have not yet accepted the truth of the gospel, and he feels urgently called to reach these brothers and sisters in some way. Chapter 10, then, is a discussion of Paul's understanding of "righteousness," of sola fide in terms most familiar to his Jewish kinfolk. He employs both pentateuchal and prop...

5. Romans 14:1-12

Romans 14:1-12

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

At the end of Romans 13, Paul had warned against giving in to "fleshly desires." This might have led some believers to assume the apostle was advocating an ascetic norm for life. But Paul's words in chapter 14 quickly dispel that conclusion, for here he makes clear that matters of food and drink and rigorously maintained schedules of discipline are actually matters of adiaphora - that is, "things ...

6. The Gospel of God in Christ through Paul

Romans 1:1-17

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

Big Idea: Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, was divinely chosen to preach the gospel of God in Christ, the end-time fulfillment of the twofold Old Testament promise of the restoration of Israel and the conversion of the Gentiles. Understanding the Text Romans 1:1–7 forms the first half of Paul’s introduction to Romans (1:8–15 is the second half). The introduction, or prescript, to ancient lette...

7. Introduction

Romans 1:1-17

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Paul begins his letter with an epistolary opening, which was customary for Greek Hellenistic letters (1:1–7), and an introductory section, in which he expresses thanksgiving to God, indicates the reason for writing the letter, and describes the background for his planned visit to Rome (1:8–15). In 1:16–17 Paul succinctly summarizes the main theme of the letter. 1:1–7 · Sender, address, and salutat...

8. Paul's Longing to Visit Rome

Romans 1:1-17

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

The Salutation The first seventeen verses of Romans serve as an introduction to the epistle and fall into three parts. The first part, verses 1–7, is Paul’s salutation. In the second part, verses 8–15, Paul introduces himself and speaks of his desire to visit Rome. The third and final part is verses 16–17, in which Paul broaches the seminal theme of his gospel, justification by faith for both Jew...

9. Focus On The Son

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Richard Hasler

One year during spring training the Texas A & M Aggies' football coaching staff tried an experiment. They attached a small video camera to the helmet of the quarterback. Then they placed a special set of goggles on his face mask with an infrared light that monitored the focus of his eyeballs. In other words, the camera videotaped just where the quarterback concentrated. Consequently, the coaches w...

10. A Positive Addiction

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

I am not ashamed of the gospel.... - Romans 1:16 You've probably heard about the first group of Scots to hit shore building the First Presbyterian Church and the second group of Scots building the Second Presbyterian Church across the street. Proving ecumenism and even denominational unity to be a myth, it's not uncommon in many parts of America to find Presbyterian churches within spitting dista...

11. More Power to You!

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Well, we've done it again. We've made it safely through another high alert weekend, with official government warnings about credible terrorist threats. The highest ranking military officers in the world's most powerful armed-forces (ours) are candidly admitting on national TV that they have no way to really defend against a suicidally-committed homicide-bomber. It seems that all our standing armie...

12. Advent 4

Isaiah 7:1-25, Romans 1:1-17, Matthew 1:18-25

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

First Reading: Isaiah 7:10-16 Theme: The promised Messiah Call To Worship Leader: Come, let us worship, all who have known the mercy of the Lord. People: For even while we were all yet sinners God sent us a Savior. Leader: God heard our petitions for mercy and Jesus was born to save us all. People: Born of a virgin in Bethlehem as spoken by the prophets of old. Leader: Jesus, the Christ, born th...

13. Christ and Him Crucified

Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28 (29-31)

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship All God's people, shed your badges, your banners, your boasting, and come into the presence of the Savior for all nations, pledging allegiance only to God. Collect Before we sink, cast off everything that drags us under. Hold on to the rude wooden cross, which keeps us afloat! Lord, rescue us! Amen. Prayer Of Confession You are not ashamed of us? Dare we be ashamed of the gospel,...

14. Called to Be Apostles

Psalm 80:3-7, Romans 1:1-7

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship One: Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved. All: O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers? One: You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in full measure. All: You make us the scorn of our neighbors; our enemies laugh among themselves. One and All: Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine...

15. Fourth Sunday in Advent

Romans 1:1-7

Bulletin Aid

Second Lesson: Romans 1:1-7 Theme: Jesus: Son of God, son of man Call to Worship Pastor: What a wonderful Savior is Jesus our Lord! People: He is Son of God, and son of man. Pastor: In the flesh he suffered all the trials of man; yet as Son of God, he brought salvation for all mankind. People: Jesus is Lord! We give him our lives in thanksgiving for his gift of new life. Collect Almighty God, w...

16. All Have Sinned

Romans 3:21-31, Romans 1:1-17

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Let all who praise the name of the Lord gather this day for worship! People: For once we were divided, Jew and Gentile, never to worship as one, Leader: But in Christ God has brought us together as one family in service. People: Neither heritage nor social status nor wealth can divide us in Christ, Leader: For we are all sinners redeemed only by the blood of Jesus. All: Ble...

17. Advent 4

Romans 1:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Theme: Holy power in a humble person Exegetical note In the longest of all of his epistolary salutations, Paul here provides the Roman Christians, whom he had not yet visited, with a concise compendium of his Christology. Its heart is the parallel construction in vv. 3 and 4, which sets Jesus' fleshly descendency from David over against his spiritual "designation" as Son of God "by his resurrecti...

18. Advent 4

Isaiah 7:1-25, Romans 1:1-17, Matthew 1:18-25, Psalm 24:1-10

Sermon Aid

CSS

THEOLOGICAL CLUE A quarter of a century ago, there was a movement in Great Britain by the Joint Liturgical Group to move Christmas (and other festivals, too) to a Sunday to encourage greater attendance and participation in the festive worship. This did not happen formally (in fact, the anticipated 1980 merger of the Anglican Church with several Protestant communions did not occur, either), but th...

19. Something Good

Romans 1:2

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Some newspaper headlines that read like good news. [Weather report that promises a white Christmas; "Peace in the Mid-East;" "No one injured in crash" etc.] Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you read a newspaper? Do you read anything besides the funnies? When I was your age I probably only read the funny papers, but if you read the newspaper at all, you know that it is filled with...

20. The Designated Savior

Romans 1:4

Children's Sermon

Object: Three cans of green paint and one can of blue paint. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to talk about a big word that I want you to learn. The word is "designate." Can you say designate? (Let them repeat it several times.) When you designate something, you are making something special, different from the rest of the things like it. I can designate you to be the teacher for t...

21. Goldie Belongs To Me

Romans 1:6

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A pet dog or cat, even a goldfish. Good morning, boys and girls. I brought along a friend with me today to help me tell you a story. I love this friend very much because it is one of the things that belong to me in this world. (Show the children your pet.) This is "Goldie," my goldfish. She is beautiful, and one of the very best swimmers in the whole world. She would have to be good the w...

22. Set Apart at Christmas

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

John N. Brittain

I am so old that I can actually remember when there was a difference between the number of "shopping days" until Christmas and the number of calendar days. They always ran a little box with that magical number on the front page of the Cleveland Press, itself now a faded memory. (For those of you under a certain age, this was because in the day most stores were not open for business on Sunday. Can ...

23. The Total Gift

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

It is easy to get so caught up in the sentimentality and nostalgia of Christmas that we neglect the true reason we celebrate. We receive Christmas cards portraying a cute infant Jesus lying in a manger filled with straw. The Baby Jesus is pictured in the center with Mary and Joseph on one side, the shepherds and Magi on the other. We know this scene: animals are in the background, in the distance ...

24. Everyone Is Invited

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

Every summer Kaitlin joins her youth group on mission trips. One summer the group traveled to New Orleans to help with the Hurricane Katrina relief. Their job was to clean out houses that had not been open since the hurricane. “As I entered the first untouched home,” Kaitlin remembered, “the idea of caring and reaching to others really kicked in.” Her first thought was to complain about the condit...

25. No Shame

Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28 (29-31)

Sermon

William G. Carter

I am very taken by what Paul says. He claims, "I am not ashamed...." Most of us have known people, maybe a lot, maybe a few, and they are ashamed of something. I struck up a conversation with a woman I had known for a couple of years. I thought I knew her fairly well. One day she blurted out that she had been married four times. I said, "You never mentioned it." She said, "I guess I'm ashamed." ...

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