What makes a church successful? See how Romans 1 measures faithfulness, not flash: success is not how high a church climbs but how low it kneels.

Has God given up on us? See how Romans 1:18–32 answers the threefold "God gave them up" at the cross: wrath satisfied, righteousness given to sinners.

Does God judge whole nations, or only individuals? See how Romans 1:18–23 makes wrath a present reality, not just a future one: one nation, under wrath.

Why did Luther hate the phrase "the righteousness of God"? See how Romans 1:17 turned his hatred into paradise: righteousness God gives, not demands.

What is a church's target demographic? See how Romans 1:16 makes a gospel church preaching, confident, and welcoming, and answers in one word: sinners.

How can you be bold in a hostile age? See how Romans 1:16 answers our shame with God's power: the gospel still saves everyone who believes, Jew and Greek.

What did Paul mean, "I am under obligation"? See how Romans 1:14–15 turns grace received into grace entrusted: indebted to the gospel, and eager to preach it.

If God is sovereign, why pray? See how Paul's decade of prayers to reach Rome in Romans 1:9–13 shows that God ordains the means as well as the end.

How did the gospel reach Rome before any apostle did? Romans 1:8 models grateful prayer for the power of the gospel — faith proclaimed worldwide.

What titles are engraved on the Christian's crown? Romans 1:6–7: belonging to Christ, loved by God, called to be saints, given grace and peace.

Why preach? Romans 1:5–6 shows preaching is Christ's gift to the world — calling all nations to the obedience of faith, for the glory of his name.

What is the gospel? A sermon on Romans 1:2–4: God's message to the world, promised by the prophets, about his Son—Jesus himself is the gospel.

Who was Paul, and why does Romans 1:1 matter? See how the persecutor-turned-preacher's opening words proclaim God's grace: God saves sinners.