New Hope Community Church
Romans Announcement
Beginning Sunday, July 19, 2026.
Paul's letter to the church in Rome was his longest epistle and is considered almost universally as his greatest. Martyn Lloyd-Jones says, "There is a sense in which we can say quite truthfully that the Epistle to the Romans, has, possibly played a more important and more crucial part in the history of the church than any other single book in the whole of the Bible." It had a profound effect on the great names of church history like Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, and John Wesley. So vital is this letter to the understanding and growth of Christians that the "golden-tongued preacher" Chrysostrom, had it read to him twice a week. Tyndale who translated the Bible in to English said it should be read over and over again. John Calvin said it opens to the careful reader, "all the most hidden treasures of Scripture". One scholar of English and German literature calls it the "profoundest piece of writing in existence". And yet it was written to common men and women without Theological backgrounds or degrees, and in a format that we all can understand. In fact, what makes this letter so great is that it comprehensibly covers the very fundamentals of Christianity in a way that edifies both scholars and lay people while bringing glory to Christ.
It is a letter designed to answer the great questions Christians have about their faith, including...
What is the good news of God?
What is God like?
Is Jesus really God?
Why do men reject God and His Son Jesus Christ?
What is the standard by which God condemns people?
Can any person keep God's laws perfectly?
How good or evil is man in himself?
How can a sinner be forgiven and justified by God?
Why is living a faithful Christian life such a struggle?
How important is obedience in Christian life?
Why is there suffering?
How can Christians pray properly?
What is the Christian's relationship to the world in general, to the unsaved, to other Christians, and to human government?
What is true freedom?
How important is unity in the church?
[Adapted from John MacArthur's Commentary on Romans 1-8]
I hope you will join us as we begin our line by line and word by word study of this great epistle. Paul wrote this letter to edify, instruct, convict and motivate the church in Rome to Christ-likeness. This is the impact its careful study has had on countless Christians throughout history-- and it is the impact it will have on you as well.
- pastor kirby williams