Why Romans?

Romans has one of the clearest explanations of the Gospel in the New Testament. Paul wrote this letter to the church in Rome to help them understand the cross of Christ as both God’s righteousness in judging sin as well as His saving mercy towards us.

Understanding this message is crucial to the health of every Christian; this is why we encourage pastors to begin their studies here. As they establish their understanding of the Gospel, their walk with God is enriched and their preaching is strengthened.

the purpose and blessing of abiding in scripture as told by Luther and Surgeon

"This Epistle is really the chief part of the New Testament and the very purest Gospel, and is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word, by heart, but occupy himself with it every day, as the daily bread of the soul. It can never be read or pondered too much, and the more it is dealt with the more precious it becomes, and the better it tastes."

-Martin Luther, “Preface to the Epistle to the Romans” (1522), in Works of Martin Luther (1932), Vol. VI, p. 447.

"He who lives without prayer, he who lives with little prayer, he who seldom reads the Word, and he who seldom looks up to heaven for a fresh influence from on high - he will be the man whose heart will become dry and barren. However, he who falls in secret on his God, who spends much time in holy retirement, who delights to meditate on the words of the Most High, and whose soul is given up to Christ - such a man must have an overflowing heart. As his heart is, such will his life be."

-Charles Spurgeon