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When reading the Bible, many believers subconsciously treat God's commands like junk mail, picking and choosing what to apply based on personal preference. Viewing Scripture as an authoritative certified letter rather than an optional flyer transfor…

When the Bible tells you something you don't want to hear, who says you have to listen? Imagine two pieces of mail. The first is a flyer you glance at and toss in the trash. The second is a certified letter. It's official, it's signed, and it came from someone with the authority to make you deal with it. So when you open your Bible... which one are you holding? Paul answers that question before he argues anything else. In two verses he tells us this word was sent, not from men. It was signed,

When studying the book of Galatians, diving straight into verse-by-verse commentary can cause you to miss the forest for the trees. By taking a 30,000-foot view of Paul's letter, believers can trace a clear, three-legged framework that explains how …

Galatians is going somewhere. Before we get down on the ground and walk it verse by verse, we take it from 30,000 feet.This is Part 2 of the introduction, the Bible study companion to Sunday's sermon. Six chapters, three legs, one destination: chapters 1 and 2, the gospel revealed, straight from Jesus Christ and not from men. Chapters 3 and 4, the gospel explained, justified by faith, adopted as sons, made full heirs. Chapters 5 and 6, the gospel lived, and that is where the plane comes down. Fr

When studying the book of Paul's letter to the churches in Galatia, many readers get bogged down in historical controversies about circumcision and Jewish law. However, beneath the theological surface lies a deeply practical question about human mot…

Where We're Going — Galatians Introduction, Part 2 Before we walk Galatians verse by verse, we take it from thirty thousand feet. Six chapters, three parts, one destination. Paul opens by telling his own story, because someone had walked into these churches and told them his gospel was second hand. It wasn't. It came by the revelation of Jesus Christ... the same revelation we hold in our hands today. Then he explains what it says: justified by faith, adopted as sons, made full heirs. And then t