Romans 8 with Athol Barnes | 04.12.26

About this episode

This episode explores Romans chapter 8, discussing the challenges of unity in a blended church of Jewish and Gentile believers.

One of the richest chapters in the Bible is Romans chapter 8. Paul wrote the letter we know as “Romans”, to a blended church in Rome, made up of Jewish and Gentile believers. Many of the Jewish believers held on to the Mosaic law and taught that to be a true Christian, you needed to follow the Law in addition to faith in Christ. While the Gentiles came from many different pagan religions and held to faith in Christ alone. Paul wrote to a church that struggled with unity, gi...

People in this episode

Host: Grace Point Baptist Church

Guest: Athol Barnes

Topics covered

• Bible study
• Romans 8
• Christian unity
• Jewish believers
• Gentile believers
• Mosaic law
• faith in Christ

Keywords

• Romans 8
• Bible
• Christianity
• Jewish law
• Gentile faith
• unity
• Apostle Paul

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grace Point Baptist Church

Books & works: Romans, Romans 8

Places: Rome

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