In the Fire In the Fire Podcast

Fresh off our series on Romans, we flip back in the Bible for this episode as we take a look at the Old Testament book of Judges. This episode includes a background on Judges and a preview of some of the big themes of this time period in the history of Israel. We also read about Deborah, one of the "major judges" that delivered Israel from disaster. Deborah's story brings us plenty of courage, action, and intrigue, all of which we discuss in this episode.

In Romans 16, the final chapter of the book, Paul expresses his closing thoughts to the Church in Rome and imparts some final words of wisdom to the believers there. In this chapter, we learn more about Paul and his ministry (including the people he worked with), and we also get a nice recap of the entire book, as Paul sums up his letter and touches on many of the points he made earlier in the book. Enjoy the finale of our series on the Book of Romans!

In this episode, we return for the second-to-last (or penultimate!) chapter in the Book of Romans...Romans 15! Here, Paul pulls together a lot of the themes from earlier in the book, wrapping up his letter with a call for the Christians in Rome to live in unity, peace, humility, and selflessness. This episode brings us through a discussion of those topics, as well as a conversation about Paul as a man and minister.

This episode brings us back to a chapter of the Bible we have talked about once before: Romans 13 (see Episode 10!). As we read that chapter, as well as Romans 14, we cover some key Biblical instructions for Christians living our lives in this world. From submitting to authority to the "stumbling block" concept, this episode has no shortage of Biblical lessons. And from history's revolutions to Shrek, it also has no shortage of applicable analogies. Hop into the fire and join us for another great episode!

What does "hortatory" mean? Among many other things, we answer that question in this episode! We march on in the book of Romans and we read and discuss Romans 11 and 12 - two of the greatest books in the Bible. These chapters tell us a little more about the Gospel message to Jews and Gentiles before giving Christians some important lessons on how to live our lives. Come on in and join us in the fire for another episode in our Romans series!

If you couldn't get enough of last episode's discussion over the election of believers, you're in luck! We continue cruising along in Romans in this episode, this team reading chapter 10 and part of chapter 11. In these verses, Paul expands on election and God's sovereignty, with an emphasis on the role that us humans have in this process. This episode brings back a lot of what we have already discussed in our Romans series, as well as some neat Old Testament references. Enjoy!