
Romans 8:31-39: Nothing in All Creation Can Separate You
From Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio by KFUO Radio
June 3, 2026 · 58 min
About this episode
The episode discusses Romans 8:31-39, emphasizing that nothing can separate Christians from the love of God despite suffering and challenges.
Tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, sword. St. Paul lists them all in this section of his letter because he has faced most of them personally and he knows the Christians to whom he writes are facing the same and losing hope. He tells them plainly: none of it can separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Christians have been holding on to these verses through every kind of suffering for two thousand years because the promise is that Christ does not let go, even when everything else does. The Rev. Roger Mullet, pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Buffalo, WY, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Romans 8:31-39. To learn more about Prince of Peace, visit princeofpeacebuffalo.org. Why does doing the right thing sometimes feel impossible? Why do feelings of guilt follow us even when we've been forgiven? These aren't new questions. St. Paul wrote his letter to the Romans for a church he had never visited, and yet he addressed the struggles every Christian knows firsthand: the weight of the law, the persistence of sin, the sufficiency of what God has done in Christ. Romans covers enormous ground. Paul moves from the universal…
People in this episode
Host: Rev. Dr. Phil Booe
Guest: Rev. Roger Mullet
Topics covered
- love of God
- suffering
- faith
- justification
- Christian struggles
- St. Paul
- Romans
Keywords
- Romans 8
- separation from God
- Christian hope
- suffering
- faith
- St. Paul
- justification
- love of Christ
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, KFUO Radio
Books & works: Romans
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