Category: New Testament & Psalms 2019

I found this on one of the blog sites I review frequently. With the quote: Every Christian needs to read the following letter written by John Newton. The backstory is that a minister intended to write an article about a fellow minister "for his lack of orthodoxy." Before doing so, he wrote to Newton to inform him… Continue reading John Newton – On Controversy

I jumped the gun yesterday. Just two quick comments: Romans 16:7  Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. Someone tried to argue Junia, one of Paul's "kinsmen" was a woman apostle. John Gill writes ..... who are of note among… Continue reading Romans 16 – The Real End…

Paul ends his letter with a repeated wish for their prayers for him as he heads to Jerusalem and his expectation that he will one day come personally to Rome, on his way to minister in Spain. We read back in Acts that his visit to Rome was fulfilled but from a different context. As… Continue reading Romans 15 – The End

Old John Gill wrote this in his Chapter Introduction. INTRODUCTION TO ROMANS 14 The apostle, having finished his exhortations to duties of a moral and civil kind, proceeds to the consideration of things indifferent, about eating some sorts of meats, and keeping days; to which he might be led by the last clause of the… Continue reading Romans 14 – Things Indifferent…