Read: Romans 15:14-24; Ephesians 6:19-20 On some points I have written to you very boldly. (Rom. 15:15) In a letter, Protestant Reformer Martin Luther wrote, “Sin greatly, but believe still
Read: Romans 15:1-13; 2 Corinthians 8:9 We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak. (Rom. 15:1 NRSV) As a pastor I once asked a
Read: Romans 14:13-23; Matthew 18:6-7 Let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding. (Rom. 14:19) Tennis spectators turn their heads from one side of the court to
Read: Romans 14:7-12; Mark 2:28 Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. (Rom. 14:8) As a pastor, when I visited church members who were nearing death,
Read: Romans 14:1-6 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him. (v. 1) Whenever we read the Bible, God has something new to say to us. God’s
Read: Romans 16:21-23; 1 Corinthians 1:26-27 Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you. (Rom. 16:23) When I’m communicating with someone, I find that I shouldn’t assume that
Read: Romans 16:7, 13; Mark 15:21-24 Greet Andronicus and Junia . . . Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as
Read: Romans 16:5; Acts 20:17-20 Greet also the church in their house. (Rom. 16:5) The great medieval Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris reopened to the public in December 2024 after a
Read: Romans 16:3-4; Acts 18:1-4 . . . who risked their necks for my life. (Rom. 16:4) In one of the churches I served, the story is still told about
