Few Christians would dispute that the book of Romans is one of the most powerful and inuential books ever written.
He and his wife, Barbara, live in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, and have four children and an ever-increasing number of grandchildren..
He serves as the series editor for the Preaching the Word commentary series and is the author or coauthor of many books.
Hughes is also a founder of the Charles Simeon Trust, which conducts expository preaching conferences throughout North America and worldwide.
Kent Hughes (DMin, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is senior pastor emeritus of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, and professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Part of the Preaching the Word series.
The fundamental truths expressed in Paul\'s letter--the themes of justification by faith, abounding grace, and freedom from sin--come to life as we explore the book that has so challenged and nourished followers of Christ for centuries.
Pastor Kent Hughes invites us now to experience the same power that was exhibited in the lives of great Church leaders such as Augustine, Luther, Wesley, and so many others.
There is no doubt about the power of the book of Romans.
Augustine was convicted of his sin after reading some verses from the thirteenth chapter
Martin Luther recovered the doctrine of salvation by faith from his study of Romans 1: 17
John Wesley felt his heart "strangely warmed" and transformed while listening to the reading of Luther\'s preface to the book of Romans; and John Bunyan was so inspired as he studied the great themes of Romans that he wrote the immortal Pilgrim\'s Progress.
After all, Paul\'s epistle has been the written force behind some of the most significant conversions of church history: St.
Few Christians would dispute that the book of Romans is one of the most powerful and inuential books ever written
