Elder Chris concludes his year long journey in the Apostle Paul’s Roman epistle.  In Chapter 16 Paul salutes Phebe, who hand delivered this epistle to Rome.  Her life and example were of teaching and serving the needs of others.  Priscilla and Aquila were very dear to Paul, they laid down their own necks by…(Read More)

The Apostle Paul is wrapping up his epistle to the church at Rome and writes of his ministry.  He let them know he was coming with a purpose in mind, that the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and it’s blessing would be present there.  He knew that the church at Rome had Christian…(Read More)

Elder Chris explains in Romans 15 that when we please the brethren in the faith, bear them up and edify them, we please Christ.  Christ was the ultimate example of bearing up others, pleasing not himself, taking on all our sins, and it pleased the Father.  When we put others before ourselves, we have the…(Read More)

The Apostle Paul builds on the first part of Romans 14 regarding those that are weak in the faith and the responsibilities of those that are strong to bear those that are weak.  He asks why one would judge a brother that is weak and reminds us that we all stand before the judgment seat…(Read More)

The Apostle Paul begins Romans 14 addressing those that are weak in faith, believers that do not have a full understanding of how the doctrines of grace reach every aspect of our lives, and that there is liberty in Christ by no longer being under the law.  Moreover, he writes that the ones that are…(Read More)