Paul promotes unity by avoiding divisive individuals; Shawn emphasizes love over doctrine for unity. Both stress spiritual growth, light over darkness, and faith in Christ.

Paul's journey to Jerusalem highlights early church dynamics, the role of deacons, and Christian giving. Emphasizes unity, prayer, and mutual support in Romans.

Shawn's teaching on Romans 15 highlights supporting the weak in faith, unity, selflessness, and the transformative power of the Holy Spirit, emphasizing hope, joy, and peace.

Teaching highlights diverse Christian interpretations, unity in love despite non-essential differences, avoiding judgment, and exercising personal faith with sensitivity to others.

Paul: Urgency of faith, casting off darkness, Christian liberty, non-judgment. Shawn: Spiritual transformation, new self, unity, freedom from legalism.

Paul's teaching in Romans 13:1-10 emphasizes submission to authorities as God's order, while Shawn highlights Christ as the ultimate authority, advocating love and grace over obligation.

Offer yourself to God as a living sacrifice, transform through mind renewal, resist worldly patterns, use spiritual gifts for communal benefit, and embody sincere love.

Shawn teaches Romans 11 on God's wisdom in uniting Jews and Gentiles through Christ, critiques "once saved always saved," and emphasizes salvation's global scope through faith.

Paul teaches in Romans 11 that God hasn't rejected Israel; a remnant chosen by grace remains. Salvation is by grace, not works. Jews and Gentiles are part of God's plan.

Paul in Romans 10:12-17 stresses equality in salvation through faith in Jesus, the necessity of preaching for faith, and humility in spreading the Gospel, highlighting universal access to salvation and accountability for rejection.

Christian soteriology debates salvation by faith alone, faith and works, or predestination. True faith involves heartfelt belief in Jesus' resurrection and open confession.

Salvation through faith in Christ, not the Law; confess and believe in Jesus' resurrection. True righteousness comes from faith, not self-effort. Accessible to all.

Shawn's teaching on Romans 9 highlights God's plan for salvation through faith, not heritage or law, for both Jews and Gentiles, emphasizing redemption and righteousness.

Paul's teaching in Romans 9 highlights God's sovereignty, extending grace to Gentiles through faith, while Israel's reliance on lineage led to their temporary setting aside. Shawn emphasizes God's interaction with human choice, using the potter-clay metaphor to illustrate divine will and human agency, challenging deterministic views. Salvation is accessible to all through faith, reflecting God's love and justice.

Paul uses Isaac and Ishmael to show true children of God are born of the Spirit. God's choices, like Jacob over Esau, highlight His purposes, not human merit.

Paul's sorrow for Israelites, distinction between flesh and Spirit, emphasis on freewill in salvation, Israel's unique privileges, divine election, and spiritual adoption.

Romans 9 discusses God's control vs. human response, using Abraham's faith journey. It contrasts Ishmael and Isaac, Esau and Jacob, emphasizing faith, divine timing, and God's promises over human efforts.

Romans 8 highlights God's role in salvation, emphasizing His mercy and grace, ensuring believers' eternal security and victory over adversities through faith in Christ.

Paul's teaching in Romans 8 emphasizes hope, prayer in the Spirit, assurance of God's love, and predestination. It challenges Calvinist views, suggesting a universal call to salvation.

Shawn's teaching on Romans 8:23-27 highlights believers' hope for bodily redemption, the roles of faith, hope, and love in salvation, and the Holy Spirit's intercession.