In November Allan Harman, Bible teacher and author, writes on the first twelve chapters of the book of Deuteronomy, which consists of preaching with the aim of keeping Israel faithful to the Lord's covenant and Moses encouraging the people to commit themselves again to the Lord - the only way of blessing for them. This will challenge us - do we deeply desire to follow Christ's commands?In December Philip Greenslade, writer and Bible teacher, looks at the first eight chapters of Paul's passionate letter to the Romans - in which he is confident that through the glorious gospel God is calling out a people from all nations - justified by faith in Christ - to be heralds of the renewal of God's whole creation as they - and we - live faithfully as the new covenant community.