One moment, we pray for our rescue from sin and death. The next moment, we beg our Father to do unto others what we hope he will never do to us.

Romans 7 is a pivotal chapter in the New Testament. The Apostle Paul laments that he keeps doing the sinful things that he hates and the good things that wants to do, he doesn't. Then we discover that the more godly one is, the less one sees oneself to be godly. Funny how that works. Join Craig and Troy as they talk about all of these topics and more.

The simul makes several affirmations and rejections on the doctrines of sin/original sin, justification, and sanctification, to name a few.

John Newton was a scoundrel, a pirate, and a slave trader.

Nostalgia is a powerful emotion. It can get ahold of a person and turn him all the way in on himself. What seemed a brief reflection lingers for hours, days, weeks, even years.

I heartily sympathize with you and earnestly pray our Lord Jesus Christ to strengthen you and give you a cheerful heart. I should like to know, and am making diligent inquiries to find out, what your trouble may be or what has caused your breakdown.

We can take comfort in the knowledge that He kills the sinner so we can get a new shot at life and life eternal.

We're going to worry about what people think of us. It's going to get in the way of our relationship with Jesus. We're going to fear God's judgment. But, we're also baptized into Christ. So we don't give up hope. Jesus will help us and strengthen us. He will guide us in his Baptismal grace and peace.

If sin is not “imputed” or “reckoned to” the sinner then who is it reckoned to? The good news is that it’s reckoned to God

In Christ, the new and better David, we are redeemed from our lame condition of sin

On account of God’s graciousness in Jesus, we are the ones who don’t do anything

Paul roots the Christian’s death to the law in baptism and makes a scandalous claim that the law arouses sin in people.