Category: Daily Readings

March 24 (Reading for March 21-27: Romans 9). I had not planned on posting on two different days this week, but you may all know that my precious Judy went to heaven yesterday morning. I will make a few personal comments today, and comment more on the text tomorrow. Having the assignment of Romans 9…

March 20 (Reading for March 14-20: Romans 8:24-39. Today, I will cover verses 32-39). This was intended for Friday 18th, but I awoke with a stomach virus. I had nothing but a little water and ginger ale in the last 48 hours, but thankfully I am feeling like a (weak) human again today. Paul gave…

March 17 (Reading for March 14-20: Romans 8:24-39. I will comment as I did last week on two consecutive days. Today, I will cover verses 26-31). “We know that God causes all things to work for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose” (Rom. 8:28). To understanding…

March 11 (Reading for March 7-13: Romans 8:1-23. These comments are for verses 12-23). There is an interesting thought found in verses 17: “If we share Christ’s suffering, we will also share his glory.” God wants us to receive His glory! Jesus, speaking of His disciples, and of us, said to His Father: “The glory…

March 10 (Reading for March 7-13: Romans 8:1-23. I will comment on verses 1-11 today and on verses 12-23 tomorrow). After Paul’s desperate plea, “Who will set me free from the body of this death?” and his cry of victory, “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (Rom. 7:24-25), he nails it down…

March 3 (Reading for February 28-March 6: Romans 7). Since I wrote last week on this chapter, I will look at another passage to discuss the subject of a carnal person. Paul described this person in our text: “For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that…

This is an extra post to those who are reading through the book of Romans with the ICF. We decided to slow down a bit and the reading this week will continue in chapter 7. The commentary on Thursday and the sermon next Sunday will be from that chapter. The following two weeks will be…

February 24 (Reading for February 20-26: Romans 7). After revealing the supremacy of God’s grace over the penalty of sin, Paul ended chapter 6 with the definitive statement: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (v. 23). From sin comes death,…

February 17 (Reading for February 13-19: Romans 6). For last year’s reading plan, I posted on December 8 a commentary on Romans 6, so for this week, I will comment only on verses 3-4. When I was in Guadeloupe, I discovered a book in French by Ralph Shallis. He pointed out five immediate and simultaneous…

February 11 (Romans 5. Commentary, part 2, verses 12-21) Paul began this section of chapter 5 as he did the first, with the word, “therefore,” meaning that what follows flows out of what he had written in verses 1-11. Paul had concluded the first section: “we celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through…