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46 Steps To Preaching Romans

One bite at a time.

Our new sermon series through the Book of Romans is going to challenge us all. Hopefully it will change us.

In an effort to help you get all you can out of every sermon, we've been providing you with a number of resources. Get yourself a good commentary. Print out a copy of the text without chapters and verses. And here's another one. A breakdown of the letter by sermon units.

Below are the 46 sermons we are planning on preaching. Lots work goes into how you divide the text and there are many right ways (and a few wrong ways too). Here's our plan to date. Take the list and use it as you study on your own. Hopefully knowing where we are going will help you. We pray it does.

1-1-7

1-8-15

1-16-7

1-18-25

1-26-32

2-1-11

2-12-16

2-17-29

3-1-8

3-9-20

3-21-26

3-27-31

4-1-12

4-13-25

5-1-5

5-6-11

5-12-21

6-1-14

6-15-23

7-1-6

7-7-25

8-1-11

8-12-17

8-18-25

8-26-30

8-31-39

9-1-13

9-14-29

9-30-10-4

10-5-13

10-14-21

11-1-10

11-11-24

11-25-36

12-1-2

12-3-8

12-9-13

12-14-21

13-1-7

13-8-14

14-1-12

14-13-23

15-1-13

15-14-33

16-1-16

16-17-24

16-25-27

The Soundtrack To The Book Of Romans

Songs From The Book Of Romans

A few years ago, our sister churches produced an album based on the book of Romans. Sixteen songs that capture some of the most glorious truths found in this letter. Truths of our depravity, the need for repentance and faith, God’s provision of justification and forgiveness through the substitutionary death of Christ.

This would be a great soundtrack for our sermon series through Romans.

Listen here.

Get Your Romans Resources Here

Are you looking for a good resource to compliment our sermon series through the Book of Romans? Let's skip right past works that focus on a particular subject or theme. We'll also avoid anything devotional or sermonic. Here are 3 commentaries that go verse by verse through Romans.

The "I wish I knew Greek." option.

The New International Commentary on The New Testament by Douglas J. Moo. This commentary is the gold standard. Serious students need it. Too challenging for newer students. Written in 1996 with a new edition coming out very soon.

The "I've been reading a lot of blogs." option.

Pillar New Testament Commentary by Colin G. Kruse. This commentary is best suited for the student who wants to drill down into the text, verse by verse. Technical but easier to read than Moo. The author does a good job interacting with contemporary theological dialogue.

The "What about that verse." option.

Focus on The Bible by Paul Barnett. This is the shortest and easiest to read of the three. The author attempts to cover all the bases in 384 pages. No small feat when you consider Moo's edition is 1038 and Martin Lloyd Jones did it in 5075 pages (the set weighs 17.1 pounds).

Bible Words for Bible Things

Beginning Sunday, April 23rd, our Sunday School will focus on ten words to enrich your experience of salvation in Christ. Why do so? Because the way we talk about theology will influence our theology. We aim to use Bible words for Bible things. But we must know the meaning of these Bible words to best articulate and appreciate what God has done in Christ, for his glory and for our good.

Predestination

Atonement

Regeneration

Repentance

Faith

Justification

Adoption

Sanctification

Perseverance

Glorification

Get A Job In Orange, CA

Our friends over at I Heart Old Towne Orange have posted some info on finding work in our neighborhood...

If you are looking for a summer job, start your search sooner rather than later. Many positions are available on the City of Orange website. However the recruitment will soon be ending, so act fast!

Here's what we found to assist you:

Recreation Services Leaders (seasonal part time): “Oversees recreation activities in connection with a specific recreation services program or functional area in support of community, recreational, or park facilities; and performs related work as required.”

Parks and Facilities Attendant (part time): “Monitor and maintain City of Orange park facilities, communicating with youth sports organizations and community park users on a daily basis, enforcing field permit use, etc”

Skilled Maintenance Worker: Performs a wide variety of technical maintenance, repair, installation, alteration, and construction activities involving carpentry, plumbing, roofing, painting, mechanical, heating, air conditioning, and electrical trades work to improve, maintain, and renovate City buildings and facilities, and fixtures; and performs related work as required.

Smoqued BBQ Restaurant Manager (full time): One of Old Towne Orange’s BBQ hot spots will soon need a new member to their management team! Interested in competitive pay, vacation, benefits and a great atmosphere of camaraderie and and learning? Check out their new position!

Urth Caffe (part time/full time): Although we haven't gotten an official grand opening day, we are super excited to welcome one of Los Angeles’s most trendy cafes to Old Towne Orange! It’s been under renovation and preservations for almost two years, and is set to open in 2017. They are currently looking for friendly individuals to fill their bar and management team. Check it out here!

Book Recommendation: Risk Is Right

Pastor Eric mentioned this little book during his sermon last Sunday. Risk is Right: Better to Lose Your Life Than to Waste It by John Piper. It's free at Desiring God. 64 pages of carpe diem. #YOLO

A choice lies before you: Either waste your life or live with risk. Either sit on the sidelines or get in the game. After all, life was no cakewalk for Jesus, and he didn’t promise it would be any easier for his followers. We shouldn’t be surprised by resistance and persecution. Yet most of us play it safe. We pursue comfort. We spend ourselves to get more stuff. And we prefer to be entertained.

We are all tempted by the idea of security, the possibility of a cozy Christianity with no hell at the end. But what kind of life is that really? It’s a far cry from adventurous and abundant, from truly rich and really full, and it’s certainly not the heights and the depths Jesus calls us to.