Coming to Rome at Last

Coming to Rome at Last
ROMANS 15.14-24

I mentioned earlier in this book how, when my family and I first moved to North America, we were struck again and again at the thought of what the pioneers had achieved in such very recent history. They had navigated uncharted rivers, climbed mountains not even named until that point, carved roads through dense forests, and taken whole wagon trains across seemingly unending plains, through steep passes, on and on for thousands of miles. At each point they had faced dangers they couldn’t foresee, tried to grow crops without knowing if the soil was right, endured extremes of heat and cold, and had to rely on their wits and their sheer brute strength to see them through. In that context, the very word ‘pioneer’ has a ring, an excitement, a sense of drama and courageous accomplishment...