29. Romans 16
Tim Cedarland, Thrive’s director emeritus, wraps up Thrive’s series on Romans by reviewing the book in its entirety and preaching on chapter 16. In this final chapter Paul shows how personal and pastoral he is, remembering to greet a host of people from a church he had never even visited—besides offering a number of other closing remarks.
12. Romans 7:1-13
If Christians are saved by faith, what keeps us walking in obedience to God’s commands? In this message on Romans 7:1-13, Tim Cedarland, Thrive’s regional director, expounds Paul’s teaching about faith and the law. Through what Jesus has done, Christians are no longer under the law, which never could stop us from sinning anyway. Just as a mirror can tell you that your face is dirty but can’t actually clean your face, so the law reveals that we’re sinners but can’t ever make us righteous.
9. Romans 4
How do faith and works go together? In this message on Romans 4, Tim Cedarland, Thrive’s regional director, zooms in on two Old Testament figures who discovered justification by faith long before Paul did. Abraham is famous for his many moments of obedience, but behind that obedience was his trust in God. Faith was the root, and good works were the fruit! Then there’s David, a man rich in sin and lawbreaking. But through his faith in God’s promises, David was able to speak of a forgiveness apart from works.
1. Overview & Romans 1:1-17
Tim Cedarland, Thrive's regional director, opens a several-month journey through the "cathedral of the Christian faith," the book of Romans. Besides teaching on the first half of chapter one, Tim takes us on a whirlwind, high-flying overview of the entire book, in order to show how all the different pieces of Paul's letter fit together into one big picture.