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Romans 1:24-32
Here is my mind map of Romans 1:24-32: You can find the scrolls for this next week here. And here are some more questions to get you thinking: How did God respond to the suppression of his truth? What does Read more…
Church
Romans 1:18-23 thoughts
As I thought through the structure of this passage (especially in making the mindmap here), I noticed what at first seemed a lopsided structure. That is, it looks like the first half is pointed forward to the end of v20, Read more…
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Romans 1:18-23
Here is my mind map for Rom 1:18-23: The link to the scrolls is here. Here are some other questions to get you thinking: 1. Does Paul seem to change the subject in this section? How/Why? 2. How does he Read more…
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Romans 1:14-17 thoughts
This passage contains what is almost unanimously agreed to be the thesis of the book of Romans. It has a couple ambiguities, perhaps because multiple readings each contain aspects which will be brought out in more detail later. First, I’m Read more…
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Romans 1:14-17
Here is my mind map of Romans 1:16-17 (ESV): Here are some questions to get your juices flowing: 1. What are the three causally linked sections of these verses? 2. What is the basis of Paul’s relationship to the Gospel? Read more…
Romans
Romans 1:8-15 thoughts
Our local church lead pastor spoke on the Gospel Compulsion this morning, which have otherwise been entitled A Pastor’s Heart. This passage seems to talk mostly about Paul’s desire for them. But while you could take that as a particularly Read more…
Re|engage
This is Love
Last week in Re|engage, we talked about Love, and how God defines it in the Bible. One thing we looked at was 1 John 4:7-21; my map of the passage follows: This is another passage I’ve seen many times before, Read more…
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Circle Up!
This is my mind map of Psalm 139:23-24 (ESV): This is a pair of verses we were encouraged to meditate on for this week’s Re|engage class. I’ve seen these verses many times before, and even had a class based on Read more…
Romans
Romans 1:8-15
Here is my mind map of Romans 1:8-15 (ESV): You can get the scrolls for this lesson here. And here are some more questions to get you thinking: 1. What does Paul say first? Why? 2. To what does he Read more…
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Introduction: Romans 1:1-7 thoughts
Introductions are somewhat like genealogies to many of us; we have a tendency to just blow them off, and skip to “the good stuff”. But this introduction has plenty of Good stuff in it. It introduces Paul, the Gospel, Jesus, Read more…