I encourage you all to listen to these sermons on Romans 14.
I wish I had understood the message of Romans 14 a long time ago. It speaks to how we relate to others who have differing positions on nonessential issues. The passage says that how we treat others is vitally important, but which position we have on nonessential issues is not as vitally important. (The text clearly says it is viatl for us to welcome one another, irrespective of position, rather than charging us to have the correct position.)
Piper does a great job in this series and the first couple sermons really present an overview of the whole chapter that is priceless.
Here are the links.
- Sermon 1: print audio download
- Sermon 2: print audio download
- Sermon 3: print audio download
- Sermon 4: print audio download
- Sermon 5: print audio download
- Sermon 6: print audio download
- Bonus: Romans 15:1-7 sernon: print audio download
UPDATE: I updated the links 12/17/2007.
I love this passage – it has been my one of my focuses of study over the last several years. I have about 30 Romans commentaries and about 70 hours of sermon mp3s on Romans 14.
Piper’s treatment of this passage is by far the truest to the text that I have ever heard or read.
This series is a must for anyone who wants to begin a study of this great passage!
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