Jacob Graudin | Romans 12:1-8 |
Romans 12 marks Paul’s turn from doctrine, the story of the Gospel, to action, the call to believers to participate in God’s mission. Yet this turn is not a point of disconnect; Paul starts his ethical charge by grounding it in “the mercies of God,” the same mercies he has spent the previous eleven chapters outlining. How then does Paul call his audience to live? What does it mean to participate in God’s mission? Join our ministry assistant Jacob Graudin as he describes the life devoted to God.
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The Rev. Patrick Schlabs | Romans 11:25-36 |
The end of Romans 11 describes a mystery of God’s will for his people Israel so beautiful and profound that Paul bursts forth into praise of God. What is this mystery, and what does is teach us about the riches of God’s mercy? Join Rev. Patrick as he explores how the lens of God’s mercy leads us to humility, charity, and worship.
Mr. Jacob Graudin | Romans 9:11-24 |
Romans 11 presents modern readers with a puzzling image: two olive trees, one’s branches being broken off and cast to the ground, the other’s branches grafted broken off and grafted to the first. What exactly do these trees, and the breaking off and grafting on, represent, and how does it touch our very non-agricultural lives? Join Jacob Graudin as he wrestles with this imagery and the picture of God’s faithfulness it delivers.
Pastor Ryan Thompson | Romans 9:1-5 |
In Romans chapters 9 and 10, Paul explores the ramifications of the gospel for his Jewish kin. He wrestles with questions of God’s sovereignty and the means by which salvation is declared. Paul is passionate for his fellow Jews and seeks to declare the gospel to them in hopes that they will come to salvation by faith in Christ. Join Ryan Thompson as he applies these powerful chapters to the lives of our Cathedral family.