Robert J. Nash

  WELCOME / TODAY  Good morning, church. We are continuing our sermon series in Romans. The apostle Paul has been writing to the church in the city of Rome. Paul planned to visit on his way to Spain. He was on a mission to share the good news about Jesus. His readers heard and accepted this, but there was a way that it could transform their souls and reform their community that had not yet happened. Paul’s words bring to mind hiking a new trail into uncharted territory. After huffing and puffing, sweating and struggling, you get to the crest of the hill, and all your efforts pay off. You look out and see, extending for miles and miles in every direction, a vista more than your eyes can take in: waterfalls, snow-capped mountains, windy rivers, various lakes, and a hint of an ocean beyond. There are colors galore and a fragrance of warm spring air to welcome you on top of this peak. This Eden view is like those truths we hear about in Romans; once exposed to such grandeur, a per...