Author Archives: Steve Hankins, Th.D.

“And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!” (Romans 10:15, KJV 1900) For many, perhaps most of us, we would not consider our feet to be something that would winContinue reading “Beautiful Feet (Romans 10:15)”

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they beContinue reading “How Can They Call (Romans 10:12-15a)”

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shallContinue reading “Faith Connections (Romans 10:9-11)”

“But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee,Continue reading “True Word of Faith (Romans 10:5-8)”

“For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.” (Romans 10:2, KJV 1900) I have run into many people who are zealous for things, but have no knowledge to back up their zeal. Let me give you one example from secular life. Early in my adult life,Continue reading “Zeal Without Knowledge (Rom 10:1-4)”

“Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” (Romans 9:32–33, KJV 1900) In 1967, JohnContinue reading “Living with Eyes Closed (Romans 30-33)”

“As he saith also in Osee (Hosea), I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of theContinue reading “The Remnant (Romans 9:25-29)”

“What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,” (Romans 9:22–23, KJV 1900) I had aContinue reading “Prepared for Glory (Romans 9:22-24)”

“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?” (Romans 9:20–21, KJV 1900) I haveContinue reading “Reply Not Against the Master Potter (Romans 9:19-21)”

“Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.” (Romans 9:18, KJV 1900) Many years ago, someone challenged me to understand what the reformers taught regarding the theology of salvation. More than this, I wanted to see what the Bible said about these things. I began an exhaustiveContinue reading “Difficult Truth (Romans 9:14-18)”