Good News
September 14, 2025
Louis Bridgman walks through Romans 1:1–17 to introduce the Apostle Paul, the believers in Rome, and Paul’s purpose in writing to them. He traces Paul’s transformation from zealous persecutor to devoted messenger of the gospel and shows how this good news reveals Jesus as the promised Savior-King.
Have It Your Way
September 21, 2025
Doug Virgint explores the sobering reality of God’s wrath against human sin. When people suppress the truth revealed through creation and reject God’s glory, His judgment is to give them over to their desires, leading to idolatry, immorality, and a corrupted mind.
No Excuses
September 28, 2025
Bolaji Jegede exposits Romans 2:1-16, emphasizing that no one is exempt from God’s judgment, whether irreligious or religious, since all are guilty of sin. He warns against self-righteousness and judgmental attitudes, reminding listeners that God’s kindness is meant to lead to repentance.
No Substitutes
October 5, 2025
Dave Brereton contrasts outward religiosity with genuine faith through his exposition of Romans 2:17-29. He warns against relying on religious habits, traditions, or heritage as substitutes for true relationship with God, emphasizing Paul’s teaching that spiritual authenticity is defined not by external signs like circumcision or baptism but by inner renewal through the Holy Spirit.
No Way Out
October 12, 2025
Louis Bridgman unpacks Romans 3:1–20, showing how Paul dismantles five different heart postures that people use to avoid confronting their sin. He explains how God’s law is meant to make us conscious of that sin, exposing our inability to save ourselves and preparing our hearts to receive God’s grace through Jesus.
New Way In
October 17, 2025
Doug Virgint reveals the good news of Romans 3: God has revealed a way for us to be made right with Him apart from the law. We are justified freely by His grace through faith in Jesus Christ, whose sacrificial death satisfies God’s justice, removes His wrath, and imputes His righteousness to those who believe. This salvation is a gift available to everyone, regardless of background, and transforms believers into people who live out their faith in obedience.
By Faith Alone
October 26, 2025
Joash John explains Paul's teaching in Romans 4:1-25 that Abraham was justified by faith, not by works. He explains that Abraham’s belief in God’s promises was counted to him as righteousness, proving that salvation is a gift of grace received through faith alone.
Standing in Grace
November 2, 2025
Louis Bridgman teaches on the transformative power of justification in Romans 5:1-11. Those justified by faith now live in peace with God, have access to His grace, and experience His love poured out by the Spirit. He highlights that believers are blessed by God’s grace to become a blessing to others through peacemaking, grace, and love.
Grace That Reigns
November 9, 2025
Stephen McHarg reflects on Romans 5:12–21, explaining that while Adam’s sin brought brokenness and death, Christ’s sacrifice restores life and righteousness. He reminds listeners that grace is greater than failure, shame, and gossip, urging the church to be a place where grace covers every flaw. The message challenges believers to live and speak with the same grace they have received.
New Life, New Identity
November 16, 2025
James Fuoco teaches that believers who are united with Christ in his death and resurrection are given a new identity that cannot coexist with a life of ongoing, unrepentant sin. He warns against the idea that Christians can live however they want because of grace and emphasizes that sanctification is the Spirit’s work in us as we actively yield ourselves to God.
Freed to Serve a New Master
November 23, 2025
Nick Azzuolo traces Paul’s argument in Romans 6:15-7:6, showing that grace not only frees believers from sin’s rule but also brings them under a new, life-giving master. He emphasizes that every person serves either sin or God and that true freedom expresses itself in Spirit-enabled obedience, gratitude, and fruitfulness.
The Power of Sin
November 30, 2025
Louis Bridgman teaches through Paul's portrayal of sin as an active power that distorts God’s good law, divides the human will, and ultimately devours those who remain in Adam’s realm. While the law is holy and perfect, sin twists it into fuel for rebellion, leaving a person aware of the good yet unable to carry it out. He ends with Paul’s desperate cry for rescue, highlighting how deliverance - rescue - is only found through Jesus Christ.
The Power of the Spirit
December 7, 2025
Stephen McHarg proclaims that Romans 8:1–13 announces freedom and assurance for believers who are in Christ, moving from the inner struggle of sin to the hope-filled reality of no condemnation and new life through the Holy Spirit. He emphasizes that Christians are eternally secure, internally free, and positionally righteous because of Christ’s finished work, while the Spirit actively reshapes their minds and daily lives.