Galatians

We either, through our own efforts, perfectly obey the law, or we trust in a mediator who, standing between us and God, fulfills the law in our place.

There’s no end to the spiritual “authorities” telling us stories. Gurus, teachers, movements, sects, philosophies, and “prophets” all tell us what’s gone wrong with our lives and how we can be delivered.

In life, it’s easy to look past the small things as insignificant. But in the Christian life, those small things make all the difference.

Consider Sarah, Abraham’s wife. She is often used as a model of feminine submission, but is that all we can learn from her? How does she fit into God’s plan of redemption?

As part of his daily prayers, a typical first-century Jewish man began by thanking God for not making him a Gentile, a slave–and finally–for not […]

When the Judaizers infiltrated the churches of Galatia, they brought these attitudes with them. Looking to their Jewish ethnicity, cultural, and ceremonial trappings to guarantee their acceptance with God, they treated Gentile Christians as culturally inferior and pressured them to assimilate in order to really belong among God’s people. At this point, I need to address a common misconception about Galatians 3:28.