Series

Romans

85 messages · Sep 2015 – Feb 2026

1. Week 1 WWW Be Right (20) September 2, 2015 A study of Romans 1 exploring grace, the character of God, and what happens when a culture turns away from Him. Taught at First Baptist Jackson.
2. Week 2 WWW Be Right (19) September 9, 2015 Romans 3-4 shows that right standing with God has never come through rule-keeping, but through faith, just as it was for Abraham and Martin Luther.
3. Week 3 WWW Be Right (18) September 16, 2015 Romans 5 shows that faith brings peace with God, access to Him, standing in grace, and confident hope, even through suffering that refines and strengthens us.
4. Week 4 WWW Be Right (31) September 23, 2015 Romans 6 shows that sin no longer has power over believers. We died with Christ and rose to new life, free to walk in His righteousness and strength.
5. Week 5 WWW Be Right (17) September 30, 2015 Romans 7 opens up questions about law, sin, and grace. Pastor Deborah walks through what the law is for, why legalism fails, and how Jesus changes everything.
6. Week 6 WWW Be Right (32) October 7, 2015 Romans 8 shows us we are not condemned, not slaves to sin, and not alone. The Holy Spirit intercedes for us as we walk by faith toward glory.
7. Week 7 WWW Be Right (16) October 14, 2015 Romans 9 walks through election, mercy, and God's sovereignty over Israel and all people, showing that salvation by faith in Christ is open to everyone.
8. Week 8 WWW Be Right (15) October 21, 2015 Romans 10 shows that salvation is not about ritual or heritage but trusting Jesus as Lord, a truth as urgent for us today as it was for Israel.
9. Week 9 WWW Be Right (14) October 28, 2015 Romans 11 shows God's faithfulness to Israel and Gentiles alike, revealing a plan of mercy, covenant, and coming glory that leads the heart to worship.
10. Week 10 WWW Be Right (33) November 4, 2015 Romans 12-13 calls believers to offer themselves fully to God, renew their minds through Scripture, use their spiritual gifts joyfully, and love others well.
11. Week 11 WWW Be Right (13) November 11, 2015 Romans 14 calls Christians to stop judging each other over nonessential convictions and to pursue unity, living by faith and love rather than personal freedom.
12. Week 12 Paul: A Slave of Christ Jesus January 17, 2016 Pastor Carl introduces Romans, calling it 15 pages that sparked the Reformation, converted Augustine, and warmed Wesley's heart. Come read it with us.
13. Week 13 God's Good News From the Very Beginning January 24, 2016 The pastor opens Romans, showing how Paul's seven-verse greeting holds the entire gospel: Jesus Christ, grace freely given, and a call every believer carries.
14. Week 14 God's Good News: The Prescript of Romans January 24, 2016 Paul's letter to Rome unpacked: who sent it, who received it, and why Romans 1:1-7 puts Jesus at the center of God's good news from the very first line.
15. Week 15 Not Ashamed of the Gospel January 31, 2016 Romans 1:8-17 explores what the gospel really is, why Paul was not ashamed of it, and how every believer should be able to say it plainly in a sentence.
16. Week 16 Not Ashamed of the Gospel January 31, 2016 Pastor Carl walks through Romans 1:8-17, asking every believer to put the gospel into one clear sentence, and shows why that matters for sharing faith with others.
17. Week 17 Y'all Know the Gospel February 7, 2016 Pastor Ray crowdsourced Romans 1:16-17 from his congregation, asking them to define the gospel in 10 words or less. Their answers reveal what the good news really means.
18. Week 18 Not Ashamed of the Gospel February 7, 2016 Pastor Ray walks Romans 1:16-17 through a congregation-wide exercise: summing up the gospel in ten words or less, then living it out.
19. Week 19 Walking in Deep, Sticky, Stinky Mud February 14, 2016 Romans 1-3 shows everyone, Jew and Gentile alike, stands guilty before God, yet the righteousness of God is freely given through faith in Jesus Christ.
20. Week 20 Degradation on Demand February 28, 2016 Pastor Ray walks through Romans 1:24-32, showing how turning from God leads to a darkened mind, while pointing to God's mercy and grace still available to all.
21. Week 21 Thou Art Inexcusable, Oh Man March 6, 2016 Romans 2:1 shows no one escapes God's righteous judgment by pointing at others. Pastor Ray walks through Paul's hard words about self-righteousness and God's kindness.
22. Week 22 No Partiality With God March 13, 2016 Romans 2 shows no one escapes God's judgment, not the moral pagan, not the religious insider. But that hard truth is the foundation grace is built on.
23. Week 23 All Other Ground Is Sinking Sand March 13, 2016 Romans 2 lays out hard truth: God shows no partiality, and religious pride offers no cover. The pastor walks through the bad news that makes the gospel good news.
24. Week 24 Save Us Now: Hosanna and the Tender Box March 20, 2016 On Palm Sunday, Pastor Carl traces Romans 2, the Lazarus story, and the triumphal entry to show why Christian identity must be rooted in Christ alone, not politics or heritage.
25. Week 25 Save Us Now: A Palm Sunday Detour March 20, 2016 Palm Sunday sermon exploring the triumphal entry, the raising of Lazarus, and what it means to cry out "Hosanna, save us now" to the only One who actually can.
26. Week 26 Peace, Purpose, and Power in the Resurrection March 27, 2016 A Wyoming pastor walks through John 20 on Easter Sunday, showing how the risen Jesus brought peace, purpose, and power to Mary Magdalene, the disciples, and Thomas.
27. Week 27 All the World Is Guilty April 3, 2016 Romans 3:1-8 asks hard questions about guilt, God's faithfulness, and human sin. Pastor Ray walks through Paul's toughest passage and leads into Psalm 51.
28. Week 28 Not Even One April 10, 2016 Romans 3 shows every person stands guilty before God, yet Pastor Carl walks through how justification comes freely by grace through faith in Christ alone.
29. Week 29 All Have Sinned and Fall Short April 10, 2016 Romans 3 shows every person stands guilty before God, yet the good news of justification by faith in Jesus Christ offers what no human effort ever could.
30. Week 30 But Now: Everything Changes April 17, 2016 Romans 3:21-26 unpacks three rich words, justified, redeemed, propitiated, to show how God removed guilt, enslavement, and wrath through the blood of Christ.
31. Week 31 But Now April 17, 2016 Romans 3 reveals that all have sinned, yet God freely justifies, redeems and propitiates through Christ's faithfulness, not our own effort.
32. Week 32 God Is Just and the Justifier April 24, 2016 Paul shows in Romans that God justifies sinners by faith alone, not works. No one can boast. Abraham, David, and the thief on the cross all point to the same truth.
33. Week 33 In Hope Against Hope, He Believed May 1, 2016 Romans 4-5: Abraham believed God against all odds, and it was counted as righteousness. Faith is the only thing that accords with grace, and it brings peace with God.
34. Week 34 Jump: Giving Glory to God Through Faith May 1, 2016 Romans 4 traces Abraham's faith journey to show how trusting God, not our own works, brings righteousness and how that same faith calls us to act today.
35. Week 35 Having Been Justified by Faith May 15, 2016 Romans 5 shows that faith in Christ brings peace with God, grace, and hope even through hard times. A verse-by-verse look at what justification actually means for daily life.
36. Week 36 Therefore: The Results of Justification by Faith May 15, 2016 Romans 5 explores what justification by faith actually produces: peace with God, standing in grace, hope in His glory, and even joy through hardship.
37. Week 37 With Whom Will You Identify May 22, 2016 Romans 5-6 shows death as Adam's legacy and life as Christ's gift. Pastor Ted walks through what it means to identify with Jesus, including a baptism.
38. Week 38 Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ May 22, 2016 Romans 5, 6 traces humanity's default identity in Adam's sin and the life available through Christ's obedience, culminating in what baptism declares about belonging to Him.
39. Week 39 Reckon Yourselves Dead to Sin May 29, 2016 Romans 6 asks whether grace is a license to keep sinning. Pastor Mark walks through Paul's answer: those who died with Christ are freed from sin's power to walk in newness of life.
40. Week 40 Dead to Sin, Alive to God May 29, 2016 On Memorial Day, Romans 6 connects the sacrifice of fallen soldiers to Christ's death and resurrection, and what it means to die to sin and walk in new life.
41. Week 41 The Free Gift Is Eternal Life June 5, 2016 Romans 6 shows that the wages of sin is death but God's free gift is eternal life. Pastor Carl walks through what it means to yield to righteousness and grow in sanctification.
42. Week 42 Yield to Righteousness for Your Sanctification June 5, 2016 Romans 6 shows that believers are freed from sin and called to yield daily to God's Spirit, not the flesh, as the path toward sanctification and eternal life.
43. Week 43 Work the Works While It Is Day June 12, 2016 A pastor walks through Romans 7 and John 9 to show how union with Christ through faith calls believers to simple obedience, honest testimony, and worship.
44. Week 44 Death to the Law June 19, 2016 Romans 7 asks a hard question: why do we keep doing what we hate? Pastor Mark walks through Paul's struggle with the law, sin, and the grace that sets us free.
45. Week 45 You Died to the Power of the Law June 19, 2016 Romans 7 explored: why do we keep doing what we hate? Pastor Ray walks through Paul's raw honesty about sin, the law, and what freedom in Christ actually looks like.
46. Week 46 No Condemnation: From Romans Seven to Romans Eight June 26, 2016 Romans 7-8: a Jackson, Wyoming pastor walks through Paul's struggle with sin and shows how the Holy Spirit makes victorious Christian living genuinely possible.
47. Week 47 Falling Feels Like Flying for a Little While July 3, 2016 Romans 8 shows believers they are free from sin and death, equipped by the same Spirit who raised Jesus, and called to set their minds on God's love.
48. Week 48 No Condemnation for Those in Christ Jesus July 3, 2016 Romans 8 reminds us that the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in every believer, freeing us from sin and death to love God and others.
49. Week 49 Not Worthy to Be Compared July 10, 2016 Romans 8 sermon on the sufferings of this present life and why Paul says they are not worthy to be compared with the eternal glory yet to be revealed.
50. Week 50 The Sufferings of This Present Time July 10, 2016 Romans 8 holds hope, but Pastor Ray lingers on the suffering first, naming real losses and asking what it means to wait on God's glory while still feeling the weight.
51. Week 51 We Know God Is Working All Things Together July 24, 2016 A verse-by-verse review of Romans 1-8, tracing humanity's sin and God's judgment to the hope and assurance of Romans 8:28 for those who trust Christ.
52. Week 52 In All These Things, More Than Conquerors July 31, 2016 Romans 8:28-39 explored: Pastor Ray walks through Paul's sweeping declaration that nothing in heaven or earth can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
53. Week 53 All Things, These Things, All These Things July 31, 2016 Romans 8:28-39 explores how God works all things together for good, why nothing can separate believers from His love, and what that means for daily life.
54. Week 54 I Could Wish Myself Accursed August 7, 2016 Paul's aching burden for his people opens three chapters on God's sovereignty and salvation, where all good theology leads to praise.
55. Week 55 All Good Theology Should Lead to Doxology August 7, 2016 Paul's deep grief for those who reject Christ, the balance of God's sovereignty and human free will, and why Romans 9-11 must be read as one unit.
56. Week 56 Not All Israel Who Are Descended from Israel August 14, 2016 Romans 9 asks a hard question: has God failed Israel? Pastor Gary works through Paul's argument on divine sovereignty, mercy, and what it truly means to believe.
57. Week 57 It Is Not as Though the Word of God Has Failed August 14, 2016 The pastor walks through Romans 9, examining God's sovereignty, mercy, and the promise that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
58. Week 58 The Word Is Near You August 21, 2016 Romans 10 asks whether Israel's rejection of God is their own fault. Pastor explores works-righteousness, saving faith, and why Christ is the fulfillment of the law.
59. Week 59 Whoever Believes Will Be Saved August 21, 2016 Romans 9-10 shows why Israel missed salvation: they pursued it by works, not faith. Whoever believes in Jesus and calls on His name will be saved.
60. Week 60 Offer Yourselves: A Reasonable Response August 28, 2016 Carl walks through Romans 12:1-2, asking why believers should offer themselves to God and how it happens, grounding the answer in the mercies listed throughout Romans.
61. Week 61 A Reasonable Response to the Mercies of God August 28, 2016 Romans 12:1-2 calls believers to offer themselves fully to God. Carl explores what that means, why God's mercy compels it, and how transformation actually happens.
62. Week 62 By the Mercies of God, Present Yourself September 4, 2016 Romans 12 calls every believer to present themselves as a living sacrifice. Pastor Ray walks through spiritual gifts and what faithful service looks like in the church.
63. Week 63 By the Mercies of God September 4, 2016 Ray McDaniel walks through Romans 12, showing how spiritual gifts like serving, teaching, giving, and mercy flow from God's mercy and call believers out of self-centered living.
64. Week 64 Love Without Hypocrisy September 11, 2016 Romans 12 shows love without hypocrisy through a string of direct commands. Pastor Nate walks through what they mean and why only Christ makes them possible.
65. Week 65 Love Must Be Sincere September 11, 2016 Romans 12 shows love without hypocrisy not as a checklist but as a Spirit-empowered way of life, overcoming evil with good even toward enemies.
66. Week 66 God Has Not Rejected His People September 18, 2016 Romans 11 asks whether God has abandoned Israel. The pastor finds two answers woven through the chapter: enduring hope for God's people, and a call to humility for the rest of us.
67. Week 67 God Has Not Rejected His People September 18, 2016 The preacher walks through Romans 11, showing how God has not rejected Israel, and calling both Jewish and Gentile believers to respond with humility and hope rather than pride.
68. Week 68 Let Every Soul Be Subject October 16, 2016 Romans 13 calls every person to submit to governing authorities. The pastor walks through what that means for Christians living in America during a heated election season.
69. Week 69 Owe Nothing to Nobody But Love October 23, 2016 Romans 13:8 shows love is a debt that never gets paid off. Pastor Ray McDaniel explains why loving others fulfills the whole law.
70. Week 70 Don't Be Owing Nothing to Nobody October 23, 2016 Romans 13 shows love fulfills the law. Pastor Ray McDaniel walks through scripture, the Good Samaritan, and what it means to love everyone, not just our own.
71. Week 71 Sleepers Awake October 30, 2016 Romans 13 sermon on moral urgency, awakening from spiritual sleep, and putting on Christ as the only way to live out love for God and neighbor.
72. Week 72 Sleepers Awake October 30, 2016 Romans 13:11-14 calls believers to wake from spiritual sleep and live urgently in light of Christ's return, as the pastor preaches at First Baptist Jackson.
73. Week 73 Every Tub Sits on Its Own Bottom November 6, 2016 Romans 14 calls Christians to receive one another fully, reserve judgment on disputable matters, and remember that every believer answers to one master alone.
74. Week 74 Worry About Yourself November 6, 2016 Romans 14 asks Christians to aggressively welcome those who differ on disputable matters, not to judge them, since every believer answers to Christ alone.
75. Week 75 Nothing Is Unclean in Itself November 13, 2016 Romans 14 sermon on disputable matters, stumbling blocks, and how righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit unite believers across differences.
76. Week 76 Towards Unity and Diversity- Traditional (3) November 20, 2016 Romans 14-15 explores Christian unity across differences, what sin really is, and why staying grounded in belief is the source of lasting hope and joy.
77. Week 77 Towards Unity and Diversity - Contemporary (3) November 20, 2016 A Romans 14-15 sermon on Christian unity, disputable matters, and the self-denying example of Christ, closing with a benediction on hope, belief, and the Holy Spirit.
78. Week 78 Admonishments from Romans (3) November 27, 2016 Ray walks through Romans 15, showing how Paul's confidence in the Roman church points to what God's grace produces in every believer: goodness, knowledge, and the ability to encourage one another.
79. Week 79 Christmas Day (3) December 25, 2016 A Christmas morning sermon on Matthew 2, tracing God's on-time, on-purpose plan through the wise men and Joseph's simple obedience, from Bethlehem to the final judgment.
80. Week 80 People Matter, Unity Matters, Obedience Matters January 1, 2017 Paul walks through every name in Romans 16, showing how individual people, their backgrounds, and their unity in Christ carry the gospel forward across every barrier.
81. Week 81 Many Parts, One Body January 21, 2024 Romans 12 shows us how to live in light of God's mercy: present yourself wholly to God, renew your mind, and serve one another with your God-given gifts.
82. Week 82 Do Not Be Overcome by Evil January 21, 2024 Romans 12 shows us how to serve, love enemies, and discern God's will, whether to persevere together or part ways, without conforming to the world.
83. Week 83 Union With Christ Is What It's All About June 16, 2024 Romans 8 shows that union with Christ, not self-effort, frees believers from sin and death and makes it possible to truly love God and others.
84. Week 84 No Condemnation for Those in Christ Jesus June 16, 2024 Romans 8 shows that because of Christ, believers are free from condemnation and empowered by the Spirit to love God and love people as God designed.
85. Week 85 Nothing Can Separate Us February 1, 2026 Romans 8 shows that nothing can separate believers from God's love, even suffering, grief, and doubt. Pastor Ray walks through Romans 8:28-39.

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