Rome

When we think about the Apostle Paul’s time in Rome, we don’t really know that much.   The book of Acts ends letting us know that Paul was living in his own rented house with a soldier to guard…

When the Apostle Paul arrived in Rome, it was as a political prisoner.    We read in Acts28:16 that:  “Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.”    “For two whole years Paul stayed there…

This afternoon I went over to our aging parents’ home to sit with sweet aging parent #1 (whom I shall refer to as AP – for “aging parent”), while aging parent #2 was taken to a doctor’s appointment…

We read, at the end of the book of Acts, about Paul’s arrival in Rome (as a political prisoner).   Paul’s journey to Rome was incredibly difficult.  Ultimately the ship he was on was shipwrecked and the entire crew…

Life is a complicated thing.   Even when we are trying our best to follow God’s will, we never quite know the full path God is leading us on.   God only shows us our path a few steps at…

And so we come to the final last words of Paul’s letter to the early Christians living in Rome.   Last words are hugely important!   What were Paul’s last words as he concluded his letter?   “I urge you, brothers,…

We often hear about the famous emperors, military generals, and politicians of ancient Rome.   But we seldom, if ever, hear about the amazing ladies of ancient Rome.   In Paul’s final closing of his letter to the early Christians…

There is not much left of ancient Rome.   Most of what used to be ancient Rome has been buried underneath 2000 years’ worth of subsequent history, or else dismantled for newer building projects over the centuries.   Those things…

As I have been studying through the book of Romans, imagining what it might have been like to live in ancient Rome and to have received this letter from the Apostle Paul, I automatically assumed these people were…

As the Apostle Paul concludes his letter to the early Christians living in ancient Rome, we learn a lot about these people.    For starters, it seems that a lady named Phoebe was the one who delivered this letter…