God – Kind and Stern

In the last post on Romans 11 verse 22 came up – “Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God.” To get the context you will have to read the last 15 posts on Romans but I think that it is interesting that Paul puts these two things together. These don’t normally make our lists […]

Romans 11 – Israel, Gentiles, and the Olive Tree

Romans 11 is probably the most difficult chapter in the entire book. As was mentioned in previous posts Paul is writing a letter to the church in Rome, which was a church he had never visited in person. In this letter he is dealing with divisions between Jewish Christians and Gentiles Christians and ultimately wants […]