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Abraham Is the Father of All Believers ROMANS 4.13-17 I had an angry email today from a Jewish Christian who objected strongly to something I had said, very cautiously, about the current problems in the Middle East. (I lived and worked in Jerusalem some years ago, and I still hav…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Abraham the Father of Both Uncircumcised and Circumcised

by SPCK - N T Wright

Abraham the Father of Both Uncircumcised and Circumcised ROMANS 4.9-12 One of the most solemn moments of a wedding ceremony comes when the bride and groom give or exchange rings. I have taken many weddings in my time. I have also stood there as a proud father for the weddings of …

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Abraham's Faith - and Ours

by SPCK - N T Wright

Abraham’s Faith – and Ours ROMANS 4.18-25 When my family and I emigrated to Canada in the early 1980s, we frequently thought about the early pioneers, arriving in a new and unknown country with no idea what they would find, what the weather would be like, what crops might grow, o…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Children of God, Led by the Spirit

by SPCK - N T Wright

Children of God, Led by the Spirit ROMANS 8.12-17 Debt is one of the great problems of today’s world. When I was younger, banks didn’t allow many people to run into debt. Credit cards hadn’t been invented. Student loans were not even thought of. Of course, people still got into d…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Creation Renewed and Patient Hope

by SPCK - N T Wright

Creation Renewed and Patient Hope ROMANS 8.18-25 I walked through the wood several times before I realized what the signpost meant. The wood was thick, with paths leading this way and that. I knew some of them quite well, and had my favourites among them. There was the one that l…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Darkened Mind, Darkened Behaviour

by SPCK - N T Wright

Darkened Mind, Darkened Behaviour ROMANS 1.28-32 Some years ago I attended a prize-giving at a local school. The headmaster made an entertaining speech, in the course of which he read out, without telling us who had written it or when, a long description of how the younger genera…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Dead to Sin, Alive to God

by SPCK - N T Wright

Dead to Sin, Alive to God ROMANS 6.6-11 From time to time I hear of someone who has suffered a bad accident, or a particular kind of illness, and can no longer remember who they are. It must be deeply disturbing – both for the person concerned and for those trying to help. We are…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Dying to the Law

by SPCK - N T Wright

Dying to the Law ROMANS 7.1-6 I have done my best, in this book and the others like it, to use illustrations which will help my readers get to the heart of the point in each passage. Some reviewers have questioned both the wisdom of this attempt and my skill in achieving it, but …

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Glossary

by SPCK - N T Wright

GLOSSARY age to come, see present age apostle, disciple, the Twelve ‘Apostle’ means ‘one who is sent’. It could be used of an ambassador or official delegate. In the New Testament it is sometimes used specifically of Jesus’ inner circle of twelve; but Paul sees not only himself b…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - God's Action in Messiah and Spirit

by SPCK - N T Wright

God’s Action in Messiah and Spirit ROMANS 8.1-4 PAUL FOR EVERYONE ROMANS PART 1 1So, therefore, there is no condemnation for those in the Messiah, Jesus! 2Why not? Because the law of the spirit – the one who gives life in the Messiah, Jesus – released you from the law of sin and …

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - God's Coming Judgement Will Be Impartial, the Same for All

by SPCK - N T Wright

God’s Coming Judgment Will Be Impartial, the Same for All ROMANS 2.1-11 ‘Couldn’t we just give him one more chance?’ The young man had been working at the factory for just over a month. He was performing reasonably well, but there was a problem. He had a violent temper, and he wo…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - God's Covenant with Abraham

by SPCK - N T Wright

God’s Covenant with Abraham ROMANS 4.1-8 Imagine a four-year-old boy who has lost his parents in a terrible war. He is old enough to understand, and to grieve, but nothing like old enough to fend for himself. Some distant relatives look after him for a while, but they haven’t got…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - God's Determined Faithfulness

by SPCK - N T Wright

God’s Determined Faithfulness ROMANS 3.1-8 I once carried some valuable jewellery half way round the world. My wife and I were going to New Zealand. Friends of ours in England were wanting to send something – I think it was a necklace – to another part of the family. They didn’t …

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Good News about the New King

by SPCK - N T Wright

Good News about the New King ROMANS 1.1-7 From time to time, scientists have sent space probes to Mars. The object of the exercise is of course to try to find out more about the great planet which, although it’s our nearest neighbour, is still over a hundred million miles away. F…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Good News, Salvation and the Justice of God

by SPCK - N T Wright

Good News, Salvation and the Justice of God ROMANS 1.14-17 When I was a boy, one of my regular holiday occupations was making plastic model aeroplanes. I remember the excitement of getting the parts out of the box, carefully cutting them off the stem which held them together, and…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - How God's Impartial Judgement Will Work

by SPCK - N T Wright

How God’s Impartial Judgment Will Work ROMANS 2.12-16 ‘I mentioned not long ago the mad Emperor Caligula, who had new laws pinned up in places where people couldn’t read them. Well, once Paul has declared that God will judge the whole human race with complete impartiality, he has…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Humans Reject God and Embrace Corruption

by SPCK - N T Wright

Humans Reject God and Embrace Corruption ROMANS 1.18-23 I have just watched a large copper beech tree being felled. It was a difficult and dangerous job for those engaged in it, and I was fascinated to see how they went about their work, with ropes and other climbing equipment as…

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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Introduction

by SPCK - N T Wright

INTRODUCTION On the very first occasion when someone stood up in public to tell people about Jesus, he made it very clear: this message is for everyone. It was a great day – sometimes called the birthday of the church. The great wind of God’s spirit had swept through Jesus’ follo…

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