Flesh vs. Spirit (Romans 8:1-17)

After services were cancelled on 3/15/26 due to a March blizzard, Pastor Brent kicks off Holy Week with Rom. 8 and a glimpse into the life of the late Herb Brooks, legendary coach of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Team. Underlying Brooks’ coaching success was a desire to prove something and pay a debt. By contrast, Romans 8 teaches us about our “Debt Paid” (vv. 1-11) yet we still have a “Debt Owed” (vv. 12-17). We who are in Christ have no condemnation, but we do have an obligation to live according to the Spirit. Pastor Brent quotes from modern-day authors Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Blake Glosson, Ed Welch and James Montgomery Boice and from church history figures Martin Luther, John Owen, George Whitfield, and Jonathan Edwards.