Foundations of Truth

That moment when you surprise yourself, not with temptation from “out there,” but with resistance from “in here,” can feel confusing, discouraging, and deeply personal. Romans 7 puts that experience into words: we delight in God’s law, we want what is right, and yet we still wrestle with sin that won’t quit. We open the text and sit with Paul’s blunt honesty, including his cry, “O wretched man that I am,” and the hope that follows through Jesus Christ our Lord. We also talk about why we teac...

God’s law can feel like a threat until you understand what it’s actually doing. Continuing our From Guilty to Glory series through Romans, we return to Romans 7 for part two on God’s law and why Scripture insists the problem is not the commandment, but the sin hiding in us. We walk through how the law reveals sin, arouses sin, and even ruins the sinner by shattering self-righteousness. Paul’s words explain that stubborn reflex we all recognize: the moment we hear “you shall not,” something i...

A command can be good and still feel like bad news when it finally tells the truth about us. That’s the tension we walk straight into as we continue our Guilty to Glory series through Romans, focusing on Romans 7:7-13. Paul asks what many people secretly wonder: is God’s Law the problem? We slow down and listen to his answer, “Certainly not,” then trace what the Law is actually doing in the life of a sinner and in the life of a Christian. Along the way, we zoom out to the world Paul’s ...

Dead to the law sounds like a dangerous idea until you hear Paul’s point in Romans 7: it’s not a license to sin, it’s the only doorway to real change. We open Romans 7:1–6 and follow the marriage illustration that explains a complete shift in spiritual relationship. When we trust Jesus Christ, we’re no longer bound to the law as a condemning master. We’re joined to the risen Christ, and that new union has a purpose: that we should bear fruit to God. We also slow down at the sharp contr...

Law and grace can feel like a tug of war in the Christian life, and Romans 7 refuses to let us solve it with slogans. We name the two extremes almost everyone drifts toward at some point: license that treats grace like a free pass, and legalism that treats God’s approval like something we earn by keeping a better list. Then we slow down and do the careful work Paul demands, because Romans 7 is too important to rush. We focus on Romans 7:1-6 and Paul’s picture of marriage, where death ends le...