therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves - [romans 1:24]   God gave them up   we are a society obsessed with doing things we want to do and going where we want to go. but what...

claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. [romans 1:22-23] idol worship may seem like a strange and foreign concept to some of us westerners, or it...

for although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. [romans 1:21]   we can all think of someone in our lives or at least in our world who is described...

for what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. for his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. so they...

for the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. [romans 1:18]   do you only worship God for the pleasant things he gives you?   worship is never about what...

looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. [hebrews 12:2]   "the shame of my sin is not in my cross to carry." -...

indeed, i count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. for his sake i have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own...

for our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. [2 corinthians 5:21]   the great exchange   do you know yourself loved like this?   once we were slaves to   every wicked thought. every...

  for i am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the jew first and also to the greek. for in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by...

for i am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the jew first and also to the greek [romans 1:16]   we are never ashamed   the gospel is life, freedom, healing, and purpose, so why would paul be...