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Commentaries is a podcast by Parable Ministries in which we observe the Bible paragraph by paragraph.
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CommentariesRomans Part 73: How to Live as a Christian Part 10: The Weaker Brother Part 5 [Romans 14:20-23]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 73. Christians don't use their freedom if it is a pitfall to the work of God in the lives of other believers…
CommentariesRomans Part 72: How to Live as a Christian Part 9: The Weaker Brother Part 4 [Romans 14:13-19]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 72. Members of the kingdom, believers in Jesus, ought to prioritize love of their brother and sister in faith…
CommentariesRomans Part 71: How to Live as a Christian Part 8: The Weaker Brother Part 3 [Romans 14:10-12]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 71. Believers ought not judge one another's faith, rather entrust that believer to God who secures their…
CommentariesRomans Part 70: How to Live as a Christian Part 7: The Weaker Brother Part 2 [Romans 14:5-9]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 70. How to live as a Christian continues the conversation of the weaker brother to say, the saved person ought…
CommentariesRomans Part 69: How to Live as a Christian Part 6: The Weaker Brother [Romans 14:1-4]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 69. How to live as a Christian turns to look at how Christians live well with fellow Christians who are at…
CommentariesRomans Part 68: How to Live as a Christian Part 5 [Romans 13:11-14]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 68. How to live as a Christian notes we live as a good representation of our savior as we eagerly anticipate his…
CommentariesRomans Part 67: How to Live as a Christian Part 4 [Romans 13:8-10]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 67. How to live as a Christian highlights the importance of love in fulfilling our civil and spiritual duty…
CommentariesRomans Part 66: How to Live as a Christian Part 3 [Romans 13:1-7]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 66. How to live as a Christian looks at being a citizen of heaven in the world. Romans 13:1-7 -- Connect with…
CommentariesRomans Part 65: How to Live as a Christian Part 2 [Romans 12:14-21]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 65. How to live as a Christian is now focused on how the Christian responds to enemies and evil. Romans 12:14-21…
CommentariesRomans Part 64: How to Live as a Christian [Romans 12:9-13]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 64. Paul begins his section about how to live as a Christian. Turns out, it is characterized by love. Romans…
CommentariesRomans Part 63: Gifts Graciously Given [Romans 12:3-8]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 63. God gives gifts as an act of grace and as a measure that is beneficial for his church. Romans 12:3-8 --…
CommentariesRomans Part 62: A Living Sacrifice [Romans 12:1-2]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 62. Christians present themselves as living sacrifices, who are alive only because Jesus died in their place…
CommentariesRomans Part 61: An Amazing God [Romans 11:33-36]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 61. As Paul reflects on God's sovereignty and how he has worked in history, doubt, and the faith of others to…
CommentariesRomans Part 60: God's Mercy for Future Israel [Romans 11:28-32]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 60. God's has a plan and purpose to bring Israel mercy via the Gentile believers. God's sovereignty is on…
CommentariesRomans Part 59: Israel's Salvation [Romans 11:25-27]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 59. God has a plan to save his people Israel in the future, when Jesus returns and many of them accept them as…
CommentariesRomans Part 58: Grafted In [Romans 11:17-24]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 58. Gentile Christians are included in the people and promises of God. To highlight this, Paul uses the image of…
CommentariesRomans Part 57: The Hope of Faith for Israel [Romans 11:13-16]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 57. Paul anticipates a day in his end times theology when the Israelite people will respond in faith to Jesus…
CommentariesRomans Part 56: The Purpose of Rejected Israel [Romans 11:11-12]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 56. Israel stumbled that by God's grace, salvation would be brought to the Gentile people. Romans 11:11-12 --…
CommentariesRomans Part 55: A Defense for Paul's Remnant Theology [Romans 11:7-10]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 55. Paul grounds his argument that believing Hebrews are the remnant of their day is defended using Old…
CommentariesRomans Part 54: Remnants! [Romans 11:1-6]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 54. In the Old Testament, remnant theology is the belief that God has kept a group, a remnant, despite the…
CommentariesRomans Part 53: Addressing Israel's Stumbling Block [Romans 10:18-21]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 53. Paul addresses the stumbling block of spiritual complacency and unbelief. Romans 10:18-21 -- Connect with…
CommentariesRomans Part 52: Gospel Offered to All [Romans 10:14-17]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 52. A person can't call on Christ if they don't believe in him. They can't believe in him, if they've never…
CommentariesRomans Part 51: Salvation Available to All [Romans 10:5-13]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 51. The Hebrew Scriptures are quoted to show that we must rely on Jesus and his righteousness to be saved…
CommentariesRomans Part 50: Paul's Desire for Israel [Romans 10:1-4]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 50. Paul, as a Jew who has believed in Jesus, shares his desire for Israel to put their faith in Jesus, their…
CommentariesRomans Part 49: Israel's Stumbling [Romans 9:30-33]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 49. Israel's point of stumbling was comfort and complacency as the chosen people of God. Romans 9:30-33 --…
CommentariesRomans Part 48: Grappling With God's Choice Part 4 [Romans 9:27-29]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 48. Paul quotes the prophet Isaiah to highlight God's saving based on God's desire to save his people and not…
CommentariesRomans Part 47: Grappling With God's Choice Part 3 [Romans 9:19-26]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 47. God is just in his choosing as true justice would be complete judgment with no options for grace or mercy…
CommentariesRomans Part 46: Grappling With God's Choice Part 2 [Romans 9:14-18]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 46. God's choice is wrapped up in his grace evidenced in the person of Jesus and those who will respond in faith…
CommentariesRomans Part 45: Grappling With God's Choice [Romans 9:6-13]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 45. Paul goes to the Old Testament to highlight how God's choosing who will be is people is not based on a…
CommentariesRomans Part 44: A New Perspective on God's Chosen [Romans 9:1-5]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 44. Those chosen by God are those who have responded in faith to Jesus Christ. Romans 9:1-5 -- Connect with Us…
CommentariesRomans Part 43: The Good Life Part 7 [Romans 8:37-39]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 43. Paul answers his rhetoric, that nothing can separate the believer from the love of God. The good life, is a…
CommentariesRomans Part 42: The Good Life Part 6 [Romans 8:31-36]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 42. The good life is secure because the one who COULD bring a charge against us, has chosen instead to bear our…
CommentariesRomans Part 41: The Good Life Part 5 [Romans 8:26-30]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 41. The good life is secure as it is seen to its end by God who fulfills our hopes. The Holy Spirit ministers to…
CommentariesRomans Part 40: The Good Life Part 4 [Romans 8:18-25]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 40. The good life, life in the Spirit, looks forward to a future glory made possible only because of the…
CommentariesRomans Part 39: The Good Life Part 3 [Romans 8:12-17]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 39. The goodness of the good life, and the Christians status as a child of God is offered and secured by Jesus…
CommentariesRomans Part 38: The Good Life Part 2 [Romans 8:9-11]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 38. The good life, lived in the Spirit due to faith in Jesus Christ, anticipates a future resurrection. Romans…
CommentariesRomans Part 37: The Good Life [Romans 8:1-8]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 37. The good life, the life lived in the Spirit because of Jesus' saving work is one of freedom, peace, and…
CommentariesRomans Part 36: The War Within [Romans 7:21-25]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 36. Paul voices the internal struggle of the believer, set free by Jesus, who still struggles with sin's…
CommentariesRomans Part 35: The Trouble with Sin and the Law [Romans 7:13-20]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 35. The trouble with sin is it produces death. The trouble with the law, is it reveals sin does so, but it does…
CommentariesRomans Part 34: The Relationship Between Law and Sin [Romans 7:7-12]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 34. The law, though good, gives sin teeth by revealing guilt and assigning consequence. Romans 7:7-12 -- Connect…
CommentariesRomans Part 33: Life in the Spirit [Romans 7:4-6]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 33. Being set free by Jesus, we no longer stand condemned under the law, but can live in freedom in the Spirit…
CommentariesRomans Part 32: Released from the Law [Romans 7:1-3]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 32. Paul uses the example of a marriage covenant in highlighting how, when we die we are released from the law…
CommentariesRomans Part 31: The Result of Freedom [Romans 6:20-23]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 31. There are implications for how a Christian uses the newfound freedom they have in Jesus. Romans 6:20-23 --…
CommentariesRomans Part 30: Slaves to Righteousness [Romans 6:15-19]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 30. The freedom we have in Christ should not be used for licentious living. Rather, the Christian is a slave to…
CommentariesRomans Part 29: No Longer Bound [Romans 6:12-14]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 29. Being set free by the work of Jesus Christ, we must use our freedom for the good things God has. We are no…
CommentariesRomans Part 28: Alive for God [Romans 6:5-11]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 28. Since we are dead in regards to sin, the life we live we live in light of a future hope of resurrection and…
CommentariesRomans Part 27: Leaving Death Behind [Romans 6:1-4]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 27. If we have been saved, and in faith had Christ's righteousness applied to us, we are dead in regards to sin…
CommentariesRomans Part 26: The Life of Christ Part 2 [Romans 5:18-21]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 26. Since we live in Christ, we ought to live lives that LOOK like Jesus. Romans 5:18-21 -- Connect with Us…
CommentariesRomans Part 25: The Life of Christ [Romans 5:15-17]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 25. Like Adam's trespass produced death in all mean, so Christ's righteousness can produce life in all who…
CommentariesRomans Part 24: The Death of Adam [Romans 5:12-14]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 24. In Adam, all die because all sin. Adam, as our ancestral, human representative passes original sin to all…
CommentariesRomans Part 23: Peace through Reconciliation [Romans 5:6-11]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 23. Through the reconciliation Jesus provides in his death, we can be at peace with God. Uniquely, God does ALL…
CommentariesRomans Part 22: Peace through Faith [Romans 5:1-5]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 22. Faith is the means by which we can be at peace with God in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1-5…
CommentariesRomans Part 21: Promise Secured by Faith [Romans 4:16-25]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 21. Our Faith gives us assurance, and security of the promises of God. Romans 4:16-25 -- Connect with Us…
CommentariesRomans Part 20: Promise Delivered by Faith [Romans 4:13-15]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 20. The promise of God to the Hebrew people, and the promises of God extended to all people, are secured not by…
CommentariesRomans Part 19: Confusing the Confirmation [Romans 4:9-12]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 19. Circumcision, which predates the law, was not a means of being declared righteous, and was evidence of…
CommentariesRomans Part 18: Faith Predates the Law [Romans 4:1-8]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 18. Abraham's faith as means of being declared righteous predates the Hebrew law. Romans 4:1-8 -- Connect with…
CommentariesRomans Part 17: Boasting in a New Law [Romans 3:27-31]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 17. Christians boast in a new law of faith which declares any who believe in Jesus righteous. Romans 3:27-31 --…
CommentariesRomans Part 16: Declaring the Sinner Righteous [Romans 3:21-26]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 16. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. But, God in his grace, through faith in Jesus Christ…
CommentariesRomans Part 15: The Law Can't Save You [Romans 3:19-20]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 15. Paul notes that the Jewish people, though loved by God, cannot be saved by the law. The law gives the…
CommentariesRomans Part 14: None are Righteous [Romans 3:9-18]
The Epistle of Paul to the Church in Rome Part 14. Based on God's standard, found both in the underpinnings of the created order and in the Law he has given to…