Do you like lists? Does it make you feel better when you can put a check mark in a little box? Does exileration fill your soul when the daily list is done? Then you will love the book of Romans. However, the lists in this amazing letter are not very pretty. And checking them isn't really the goal. Some of the lists are just facts about human nature. Truths that will make your head spin and your heart sink. Look at chapter one for instance. Romans 1:29-32 talking about the natural man Paul gives a doozy of a character quality list. His divinely inspired commentary is as follows: They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding,...
These are devotional, and other, thoughts from a guy who lived in Brazil from 1997 to 2023. I recount personal experiences and Bible applications with most of my posts. These "posts" are mostly for me but if you want to, you can read them too!