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He stood there with cheeks as red as strawberries, tears streaming down his face, and his nose plastered against the window yelling for “Mommy”.

If you’ve been following along with our series this summer as we look at Romans 101: One word at a time, today may be a first for many of you. We’ve already looked at words like Atonement, Righteousness, and Reconciliation. We’ve talked about concepts like baptism and  sin. Yet, even if you’re new to the church, you’ve likely heard those words before in some setting, even if you didn’t know what they meant. Today, I’m guessing, is different.

When it comes to the place where Jesus was crucified, we often interchange the name “Golgatha” for Mt. Calvary. Maybe it’s just because it's easier to say, but really both mean the same thing. Calvary means “skull” in Latin. Both Golgatha and Mt. Calvary  mean “the place of the skull.

Today begins a summer-long look at the Book of Romans, one of the most doctrinally rich books of the Bible. Paul, writing to a people he’d not yet met, wanted to lay out the Christian faith for them.