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Romans Sermons

Study the gospel of God's righteousness: justification by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and grateful Christian obedience.

31 sermons in this series

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Breaking Sin's Tyranny

Bryan Schneider

October 9, 2026

Romans 6:12-14

Are you ready for the new life that you have in Christ? That doesn't always mean that life will be great, but you do have a new King that you can serve with joy. Sin does not have dominion over us any longer. We will still battle with it, and it's hard; but it's not our master. And our King knows our frailties and deals graciously with us. If you are in Christ, you have the choice as to whether to serve Jesus or sin. Are you using your body and your gifts to serve the King of kings? We are called to be under the lordship of Christ. As a beloved child of God, we get to present ourselves and all that we have to the service and orders of King Jesus. He didn't redeem us so that we can still be a slave to sin. Who will you serve?

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Alive to God (Part 2)

Bryan Schneider

October 2, 2026

Romans 6:5-11

You are going to serve someone or something. The question is: who or what is it? If you are in Christ, you get to decide if you will walk in according to the old man of sin, or if you walk in the ways of Christ. If we try to live in our own strength, we will certainly fail. It's not enough to just hate sin; we must love Jesus instead. We will continually be fighting sin, but He must be our chief joy and desire! Jesus really died, and He really rose from the dead, and He will never die again. That's our proof that we are no longer slaves to sin. Death and sin do not have dominion over Christ; and since we are in Him, they have no dominion over us either. We may now consider ourselves to be dead to sin, and alive as a new creation in Jesus. Who will you love more: the old man of sin, or the Lord Jesus?

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Alive to God

Bryan Schneider

September 25, 2026

Romans 6:5-11

Sometimes we have a problem making the proper connection between "do" and "done." We often have a disconnect between knowing the good news of the Gospel and knowing how it actually changes our life. Our eternal state in the Kingdom of God depends on our being unified with Jesus and being raised up with Him in His resurrection. After Adam and Eve sinned, we became unable to not sin. But if our life is now hidden in Christ, we have a new identity. The tyranny of sin is over! Sin is no longer our master; Jesus is. We will still struggle with sin, but we fight from a position of strength because Jesus is now our King! Are you believing a band-aid Gospel that doesn't fix your real problems, or does God's Word transform you and change your life?

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Walk in the Way of Life

Bryan Schneider

September 18, 2026

Romans 6:1-4

As you move from one country to another, you will be expected to change a lot of the ways in which you live your life. Similarly, when we become a Christian, we have a new King, which means that we are blessed to walk in the newness of life. When we die to sin, we are brought into the Kingdom of Christ, and baptism is a sign that we have been brought into this Kingdom. And now, through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can put away the deeds of the flesh. We will still struggle with sin, but we can keep our eyes on Jesus and be encouraged by knowing that we are fighting from a place of strength. We can now live life in the power of God for His glory.

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The Foundation of Grace

Bryan Schneider

September 11, 2026

Romans 1-5

God has shown grace in saving sinners! The good news of the Gospel starts with God's love, and it is all about Jesus. It is for both Jews and Greeks, in other words, all people. It is meant to be received by sinners, and it is received by faith in the person and work of Jesus, just as Abraham received it. The good news of the Gospel reconciles us to God, and it changes what King we follow! We never have to doubt our heavenly Father's love for us. Are we resting in God's love as He's shown it to us in Jesus?

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Dueling Dominions

Bryan Schneider

September 4, 2026

Romans 5:12-21

Paul uses a compare-and-contrast format here in this passage: Adam and death on the one hand, and Jesus and righteousness on the other. When Adam sinned, death entered the world and guilt was imputed to each of us. But the perfect work of Jesus is greater, and He has given us the free gift of justification! All we have to do is receive this gift; we can never earn Christ's favor by our own works. We are either still under the dominion of sin and death, or we have been brought into Christ's Kingdom of life and grace! Which kingdom are you in? Who is your ruler? Which dominion are you under? The kingdom of Adam and condemnation? Or is Christ your King – reigning over you and freely giving you righteousness, joy, and peace that the world can never take away from you?

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God’s Love Displayed

Bryan Schneider

August 28, 2026

Romans 5:6-11

God loved us when we were still sinners. He didn't wait for us to be good enough. God has done everything necessary to reconcile us to himself. Our being declared righteous costs us nothing, but it cost God his only begotten Son. In Jesus we go from enemies to friends. We have a living Savior, and we shall be saved by his life. Is Jesus your only hope? Put your hope in Jesus. Rest in God's love that's demonstrated toward you in the blood of Jesus.

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Hope in the Face of Judgment

Bryan Schneider

August 21, 2026

Romans 5:1-11

If you are in Christ, God is with you, no matter what you may be going through. The only way we're made right with God is by Jesus Who saves us. If we want God's face to shine upon us and bestow the peace that only He can give, then it must be by faith. We have access to God's favor, and it didn't cost us any thing, even though it cost Jesus everything. God gives us challenges and tribulations, not to harm us, but to help us become stronger and grow in character. And He gives us a hope that does not disappoint. He has given us the Holy Spirit to be with us and work this hope in us. Is Jesus your only hope? Rejoice in the grace that comes through Him!

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God's Wrath and Our Only Hope

Bryan Schneider

April 24, 2026

Romans 3:9-20

We always tend to say that we are not the one who has a sin problem. But in this passage, God says that we do indeed. It's time for us to admit that we are sinners, and to look to Jesus alone for justification. No person or group has moral superiority before God. And we can't grade ourselves on a sliding scale and say we're better than others. Our default mode is sin, and we can't blame others or our circumstances for it. The evidence is against us. What hope do we have? God's Law condemns and silences us, and our only hope is for our Judge to look at our Advocate: Jesus Christ, who never sinned, and resisted all temptation. He takes His robe of righteousness and puts it on us. Stop trying to justify yourself. Don't whitewash your sin. Call it for what it is, confess it to the Lord, and look to Christ for forgiveness.

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How to Escape God's Judgment

Bryan Schneider

April 3, 2026

Romans 2:1-16

Sometimes it's really easy to accuse others when we ourselves have the same problem. But we cannot avoid God's judgment by pointing our finger at someone else. How, then, do we escape His righteous wrath against our sins? We first have to be honest about our natural condition: we are under judgment, and the Lord will judge with equity. There's no way we can stand before the Omniscient Judge and say, "I'm righteous." So what hope do we have? Where do we run when the gavel is about to fall? We must run to the cross as fast as we can. Christ has taken away our sins and given us His righteousness. He was put to death for our sins, and He was raised again for our justification. What kind of person will you be? Will you say you haven't sinned and make God out to be a liar? Or will you confess your sins to the one who is faithful and just to forgive them? Stop pointing fingers at everyone else, confess that you are guilty, and then look to Jesus and rest in His finished work of redemption!

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Sanctified in Life

Bryan Schneider

June 13, 2025

Romans 12:1-2

What is changing in your soul because of what God has done in you? Sanctification is the fruit that shows that we are moving closer toward glorification. It is the process of being made holy and conforming more and more to be like Christ. This work is carried on within us through the Holy Spirit, union with Jesus, the Scriptures, the Lord's Supper, prayer and fellowship with other believers, and the furnace of trials and sufferings. We are no longer slaves to sin, for we have been redeemed by Jesus. Do you long to be made more like Christ and follow the ways of righteousness?