Jon Opgenorth

Read: Romans 7 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! (v. 25) When I received Jesus at age 13, I mistakenly believed sin would no longer be tempting

Read: Romans 6:15-23 You have been set free . . . (v. 22) On the first Saturday of every month, hundreds of people gather in Mukono, Uganda, for an eight-hour

Read: Romans 6:1-14 In order that . . . we too might walk in newness of life. (v. 4) One misunderstanding of the abundant grace in Romans 5 and 6

Read: Romans 5:12-21 Grace abounded all the more. (v. 20) If reading about the spread of Adam’s sin feels a bit like a bad virus circling the globe, you’re not

Read: Romans 5:1-11 At the right time Christ died for the ungodly. (v. 6) After eating in a restaurant with our four preschool children, I was surprised to learn that

Read: Romans 4:1-25 In hope he believed against hope . . . (v. 18) What came first, the chicken or the egg? This is the issue of Romans 4. What

Read: Romans 3:21-31 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested . . . (v. 21) The “but” of verse 21 pivots from the valley of our despair to

Read: Romans 3:1-20 No one does good, not even one. (v. 12) I needed a dentist. I knew I had problems, but not how bad my situation was. Dental visits

Read: Romans 2:12-29 Circumcision is a matter of the heart . . . (v. 29) Many people bear physical symbols of their ethnic/religious traditions. South Sudanese Dinka scar the heads