Supplemental Material for our Romans 1-8 class is listed below by chapter (click on the title to access the link).

ROMANS INTRODUCTION

ROMANS 1

• [Video] “Look at the Book” Labs from John Piper & Desiring God: Romans 1:18-23 & Romans 1:21-23. *Note: these labs are videos of Piper studying a particular passage of Scripture in an in-depth fashion.

• [Video] RC Sproul recounting the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther’s conversion after grasping the truth of Romans 1:17

• Romans 1 mentions the sin of homosexual behavior in the list of exchanges in 1:18-32. The following resources may be helpful in understanding the Bible’s teaching about homosexuality & how to engage this particular conversation faithfully as a Christian today. 

  • [Book] Kevin DeYoung, What does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality?, Crossway, 2015.

  • [Book] Sam Allberry, Is God Anti-Gay? And Other Questions about Homosexuality, the Bible, and Same-Sex Attraction, The Good Book Company, 2013.

  • [Article] Tim Keller, “The Bible & Same-Sex Relationships: A Review Article”

  • [Video] Rosaria Butterfield and Russell Moore, “Secret Thoughts Of An Unlikely Convert”

  • [Video] Sam Allberry, The Village Church Institute Forum: “Is God Anti-Gay?”

ROMANS 2

• [Article] Scott Thomas, “Gospel vs. Religion,” Acts 29 Blog .

• [Book] Tim Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith, Penguin Books, 2011.

ROMANS 3

• [Video] Tim Keller, “Justified by Faith.”

ROMANS 4

• [Article] Tom Schreiner, “Do Paul & James disagree on Justification by Faith Alone?”

• [Video] Tim Keller, “Why Circumcision”

ROMANS 5

ROMANS 6

• [Sermon] John Piper, “United with Christ in Death & Life”

ROMANS 7

• There is a debate whether Romans 7 is describing the experience of a Christian or a non-Christian. The following articles represent the different sides of this debate:

  • [Article] “Romans 7 Does Describe Your Christian Experience” (John Piper):

  • Article] “Romans 7 Does Not Describe Your Christian Experience” (Tom Schreiner)

  • [Article] “Believer or Unbeliever is Not the Point of Romans 7” (Martyn Lloyd-Jones / Ben Baile)

• [Article]: Making Sense of the Different Laws in the Old Testament (Tim Keller)

ROMANS 8