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Rev. David Vandercook, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in North Little Rock, AR and Shepherd of Peace Lutheran Church in Maumelle, AR, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Romans 16:17-27. St. Paul concludes his epistle to the Romans with a firm warning concerning false teaching, a warm greeting from his companions, and a glorious doxology to the one true God. Though no particular false teaching seems to be in view throughout the epistle, the Apostle knows that false teachers still cause divisions and lead people astray from the one true faith. He therefore urges Christians to avoid their deceptive flattery and cling instead to the true teaching of God’s Word. This truth delivers the victory of Christ over Satan to us, which will be made fully manifest on the Last Day. Those who send their greetings to the Christians in Rome add color and context to the epistle as a whole, quite likely placing St. Paul in Corinth when he wrote. The concluding doxology ties together the key of the entire epistle, the Gosp