The Romans Road

Today's Reading: Psalm 49-50 and Romans 1

We start Romans today! If someone has never read the Bible before then there's two places I send them: for an emphasis on relationships, turn to John. And for an emphasis on philosophy, turn to Romans. Romans is a systematic overview of Christianity.

For that reason, it's not surprising that so many Gospel demonstrations are built upon verses in Romans. The one-verse presentation uses Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." That one verse contains the entire story of the Bible.

Other popular verses included Romans 3:23 and 5:8. The 'Romans Road' way of evangelizing is so popular that parody band ApologetiX even made a song about it:



Others:

For an excellent overview of Romans, check out the Bibledex video

Here is an interview with J.D. Crowley on why he chose to write a commentary on the book of Romans.

For kid's videos, here's a couple from LifeChurch: here and here