A History of Shame – Rewind

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.  Romans 1:16  NASB To the Jew first – Paul was not ashamed, but don’t cut his sentence short.  He was not ashamed of the good…

Biblical Self-Esteem

for I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation  Romans 1:16  AKJV Not ashamed – The Greek words are ouk and epaischunomai.  Paul uses the word ouk for “not.”  This word is very strong.  It means “absolutely not” or “under no circumstances.”  The other word…

Second Best

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16  NASB To the Jew first – Paul was not ashamed, but don’t cut his sentence short.  He was not ashamed of the good…

But if

“But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.”  Romans 11:6 But if – My daughter introduced me to Instant Messaging.  She is eleven.  She is much more proficient than I am, flashing up code words like “brb” (be right back) and “how…