The bible is both simple and complex. Very often we can find ourselves nodding at the message of scripture and saying ‘amen’ in our hearts. But then, and even more often, it contains a message that is hard to grasp. Pimarily, this is beca...

Friends, sorry that the blog for Romans 7:1-13 did not make it out in a timely manner (ie, not at all). I’d like to offer you a focus in Romans 7:14-25 with reference to the whole chapter this week. Let’s follow a slightly different forma...

Just as Paul has taken his readers through a look at how unrighteous we are in chapters 1-3, he is now taking us through a journey of what impact grace should have on our lives in chapters 6-8 and beyond. He asked the question in 6:1, if sinning brin...

We are studying a whole chapter this week which may seem or feel like a big chunk compared to our previous weeks. We had slowed down to consider the weight of sin and the evidence of our unrighteousness. Now we look at Paul’s scriptural evidenc...

If you have read ahead, you may be thinking, what do I do with this passage? But do not fear – the passage break up is not a mistake! I do hope you had a great discussion in Growth Group last week about righteousness, glory, justification, rede...

Context Paul, writing  a faith and relationship building letter to the early church in Rome, stated his thesis in 1:16-17 – namely, that he is not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God to bring salvation to all who believe. In t...

A breakdown on this passage was not supplied. It may be added to this blog for the sake of completion but the timeliness of the post is missed. Romans 3:3 was a tricky sentence to untangle but Paul is stating that God cannot be blamed for unfaithfuln...

Things to note about the passage Verse 16 and verses 28, 29 frame the passage we are focussing on this week. In verse 16 Paul points out that on the day of judgement Jesus Christ will judge every person’s secrets. In verses 28,29 Paul points out ...

The Bible Text Romans 2:1-16 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+2%3A1-16&version=NIVUK Things that can be plainly seen from the text Paul uses the word ‘you’ in these verses instead of ‘they’ of verses 1:1...

Paul spends three chapters in the book of Romans to convince his readers that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). To get to this conclusion, he begins at Romans 1:18 to speak of the way humans suppress the truth about ...

Hello everyone and welcome to the first mailout from this blog site – Growth Group Resources. These emails are aimed to help you and not to bog you down with extra work! The aim is to feed timely information to your email inbox in order to prepare ...