Last Sunday at CBC we started a new series looking at Paul's Prayers. Paul's prayers are recorded for us in the letters that he wrote to different church communities spread across the region from Israel to Italy - and they reveal something of Paul's priorities and perspective on life.
If you missed this introduction to the series you can watch it here.
Because these prayers are recorded in a number of different letters, each to a different church, there is a lot of background that would be helpful to know. Last week, for example, we looked at Philippians 4:4-9, and it is helpful to know that when Paul says, 'Rejoice in the Lord always' he was actually writing from prison, potentially facing execution. If he'd been writing from some Mediterranean beach resort, sipping cocktails, we'd be excused for thinking, 'well it's ok for you to say that - but if you knew what I was going through...' But that option isn't open to us when we know the context.
To help us get some of that background - each week I'm going to post relevant Bible Project videos. If you get a chance to watch them before Sunday hopefully you'll find it useful.
Last week we started with a video on How to read New Testament letters. This week, The Bible Project has released another video in this series - How to read the NT letters in their literary context.
This week we're going to be looking at Romans 10:1-21. Romans is quite a long book and so there are two Bible Project videos to cover the whole thing. Although we're going to be looking at chapter 10 I suggest you watch both videos.
