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.

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.

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.

Not all are saved; only those grafted into Christ by true faith. What true faith is—sure knowledge and wholehearted trust—and how it differs from false.

The gospel is not a slogan but a person: Jesus Christ, foreshadowed from Paradise through patriarchs and prophets and fulfilled in God's own beloved Son.

A famine drives a family to Moab, where tragedy strikes. A Moabite widow named Ruth makes a surprising choice: to cling to Naomi and to Naomi's God.