Paul wants to get the hard stuff out of the way right up front, so he begins with the never-popular subject of the wrath of God. People don’t like to talk about God’s wrath. It’s scary and uncomfortable. So instead, we just talk about God’s love. Don’t get me wrong.…
Romans 1:1-17 Paul was eager to get to Rome to encourage the Roman believers and be encouraged by them. Even in the face of opposition and persecution, the report of their faith had spread far and wide. So, while he waited for the opportunity to meet them face to face,…
The trajectory of an object is the path it follows once it has been launched. A path dictated only by the laws of motion, gravity, and possibly resistance. Our godless trajectory was launched with the original sin in the Garden of Eden. Since then, our free will and sinful nature…
Have you ever watched someone you love careen down a path that is sure to end in disaster? You want to intervene and change their path, but you feel helpless to do so. It’s as if you are watching a deadly collision about to happen with no way to stop…
As we move on in the book of Revelation, we see God’s judgment on the earth begin to unfold and it is not a pretty picture! As each of the seven seals on the scroll in Jesus’ hand is broken, another awful judgment is revealed. War, bloodshed, famine, death, natural…