Month: January 2015

God presented him as a propitiation in his blood…(Romans 3:25). Propitiation is one of those big old religious sounding words that make most people scratch their heads and wonder what in the heck the Bible is talking about. In the book of Romans, the word that appears in the Greek text is “hilasterion”. It is… Continue reading How Jesus became a Mercy Seat

But now, apart from law, the righteousness of God has been made known…(Romans 3:21). These words, from the pen of the Apostle Paul, begin a short statement that could be the most important passage in the book of Romans. If Romans is the most important epistle in the New Testament, then these few verses are… Continue reading We all need a little justification

For all have sinned…(Romans 3:23). I remember many years ago, as a very new Christian, reading Romans 3:23. The text says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” In the twisted way my mind worked back then (not that it is any better these days) I was immediately reminded of… Continue reading We’re all bozos on this bus

I’m not ashamed of the gospel…(Romans 1:16). Around 56 to Roman 57 AD the Apostle Paul was in Corinth, a wild city in the ancient province of Achaia, which is part of modern-day Greece. Paul had come to Corinth earlier to tell people about some good news. Today’s text uses the word “gospel”, which means… Continue reading How about some good news?