Reverend Bowen: Sermons

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to the list of names in Romans 16. These greetings give us a window into the kind of church that…

In Paul’s travel itinerary, we have a window into the kind of fruit that grows up in a person who is rooted in the gospel: generosity, freedom from the chains…

As we continue looking at Paul’s word to a church where disagreements on minor things sometimes turn into major problems, we hear him tell us how we welcome one another.…

News flash: even within the church, we don’t always agree on everything. In this study, we consider how the gospel shapes and directs us to live in light of that…

Romans 13 shows us how the gospel shapes our relationship with governing authorities. We get a vision of the church that looks far different from the world in which we…

Though the subject matter of Romans 11 is confusing to most of us, Paul is ultimately trying to reassure people that God can be trusted. He does that by highlighting…

Having told us that God sets his saving purposes upon a people by way of his sovereign and free choice, Paul now addresses some questions raised by that doctrine. Is…

As chapter 9 begins, Paul responds to a major question that his teaching on the unbreakable purpose of God would raise in his audience. But what he says here is…