Dewey Bertolini's Podcast

As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, The Apostle Paul made an astonishing statement to the committed-Christ-Followers living in Rome. In other words, to those living in the belly of the beast. Rome. The capital of an Empire that redefined hedonism, paganism, unbridled moral perversion. Rome. The city that literally drank itself into daily stupor on cheap wine and human blood. Rome. The city of the Colosseum and Gladiator. Rome. The city where human life held zero value. Rome. The city of which Paul wrote in Romans 1, “They invent new ways of sinning… They are heartless, and have no mercy. They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse, they approve and applaud others who practice them.” Rome. The epitome of a religiously/politically lethal environment for every follower of Jesus. Rome. Where Peter would eventually be crucified. Rome. Where Paul himself would be beheaded. So to encourage these embattled believers living right there as resid