Reverend Bowen: Sermons

As Revelation begins, we find personal letters that the risen, exalted Jesus sends to seven local churches. They provide windows into the types of issues and challenges that might meet…

Paul told us in Romans 7 that as Christians, we can expect a record of great inconsistency in service to God. Seeing that most of us are short-tempered with inconsistent…

Having a wrong expectation of what normal looks like can set us up for great despair and discouragement. In this section of the letter, Paul sets before us a picture…

Having said that Christians are under grace, Paul turns to ask an important question: Does that mean that we can keep on sinning? To answer that question Paul turns to…

We’re perhaps used to thinking about the future payoff of the resurrection - life after death, etc.... On this Easter Sunday, we follow Paul’s lead into thinking about the present…

The second half of Romans 5 sounds strange (and unfair) to our western, individualistic minds. But if we can get beyond that, we’ll see that we’ve never been so happy…

As we come to chapter 5, Paul begins an extended look at the many results of our justification by grace through faith in Christ. First up, peace with God and…

Having thought a lot about the question of how God brings the blessing of our redemption, now Paul turns to the question of why God brings it in the way…