| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 20 secs | 0 Comments
Today we see vividly through this section of Scripture that the gospel of Jesus Christ is not made powerful by man’s intellect or persuasive words but it is sufficiently powerful on its own, as the power of God. Paul stresses this from the very start of the chapter in highlighting the huge gap between the state […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 49 secs | 0 Comments
“You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs—Victory in spite of all terror—Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.” “We shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on the beaches, we shall […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 42 secs | 0 Comments
To live like a Corinthian was to live a debauched, immoral life. Paul is writing to people who have been saved into a church plant in a decadent society. The first thing he does is to remind them of their identity – made holy in Christ, called to be holy and the church of God. […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 14 secs | 0 Comments
Don’t write yourself off from being involved in God’s mission and our vision to be a multicultural family, passionately pursuing God, drawing people in, sending people out, resulting in Church Planting in the region and the re-evangelisation of Northern Europe. Yesterday’s reading showed us three ways anyone can be involved By giving, 15:26-28 By praying, […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 30 secs | 0 Comments
It would be easy to think that after the Great Exposition of chapters 1-11 and the Great Exhortation of chapters 12-15:13, Paul is winding down with some travel plans and greetings. He’s been delayed in his plans to visit Rome (1:23, 15:23) and during the delay, has been church planting in “backwaters” rather than the […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 16 secs | 0 Comments
People pleasers are a pain! Ingratiating themselves with others to curry favour. Flattering others to win approval. Saying what they think you want to hear, even if it’s a lie. If that’s you, stop it! Live for an audience of One – be a God pleaser. In today’s reading Paul has exhorted us to be […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 13 secs | 0 Comments
The practical outworking of grace now comes into focus – how a church can hold together when everyone is so different. Paul shows us two issues: eating meat and holy days. He then shows us how to stay together when we have come to different conclusions on them. The issue of eating meat or not […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 8 secs | 0 Comments
One of the patterns in Paul’s letters is that he always starts with who we are in Christ, then brings some doctrine, usually about grace, before moving on to how to live in the good of it. We need truth that will empower behaviour. In Romans, Paul takes 11 chapters to outline grace and then […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 9 secs | 0 Comments
The main thrust of Romans – that there is a righteousness revealed from faith – has finally been completed! Jews and Gentiles are dirty rotten stinking sinners, in need of the grace of God. When we respond to Jesus, believing God raised Him from the dead and confessing with our mouths that Jesus is Lord, […]