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Minister Paul J Bern
7 min readNov 2, 2023

Having Unity With Christ Is the Starting Point for Healing

(Romans chapter 1)

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Today I will begin a series of studies on the writings of the apostle Paul in the order they appear in the New Testament. Naturally we’ll begin with the book of Romans, since this book elaborates on the apostle Paul’s ministry in great detail. Others do as well, but we’ll start with this one because it is the first of Paul’s letters in their order of appearance in the Bible. So, this Biblical Studies Series reads as if one were reading the entire Bible, one Book at a time. Bearing that in mind, I will now begin with the first chapter:

Part One of This Week’s Bible Verses for Study and Memorization

“Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God — the Gospel he promised beforehand through the prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. Through Him and for his name’s sake, we

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Minister Paul J Bern

Rev. Paul J. Bern is a Web pastor and blogger on The Social Gospel Blog on Medium and Substack. Longtime Atlanta Ga. resident; stroke survivor; piano player