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Jan 5, 2020 6:00 AM America/New_York
We live in two worlds. Jesus Christ is the Lord of both. Just as Jesus occupies a position of power and privilege in the heavenly realm so, too does He occupy the same position of power and privilege in our heart and mind.
Dec 29, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
Soon 2019 will be history. We can savor its joys but we cannot relive them. We can remember the sorrows, but we cannot relive them either. Onto 2020. Just as God gave us our daily bread in 2019 so He will give us what we need every day during 2020. Since
Dec 22, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
We live in a world starving for good news. We also live in a world drowning in good advice. And lest there be any confusion, they are not the same thing. Where good advice is information you decide to be either useful or useless, helpful or harmful, true
Dec 15, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
You don’t have to be a Bible scholar to recognize the dominant image in this passage is that of a stump. Yet when Isaiah delivered this prophecy, the nation of Judah was doing well and King David’s family tree, firmly planted in Jerusalem, was otherwi
Dec 8, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
Every Advent we are reminded of a fundamental contrast. The same season in which we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ as the Light of the world happens during the darkest season of the year.
Dec 1, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
This the heart and soul of the gospel. Jesus was born to redeem us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. This is the good news about which we are reminded every year at Advent.
Nov 24, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
The more we know the gospel the more we’ll trust in the trustworthiness of God. Just as the Galatians trusted the gospel and believed they were declared righteous by hearing with faith not by works of the law.
Nov 10, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
As Paul uses it, calling the Galatians foolish implies they were not thinking clearly. They were neither idiots nor unintelligent, just very lazy intellectually. To quote that noted theologian Dr. Phil, the Galatians were guilty of stinking thinking.
Oct 27, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Reformation Day celebrates more than just the recovery of the gospel as the true treasure of the Church. It celebrates the recovery of the one doctrine long considered to be the cornerstone of the Reformation—justification by grace alone through faith a
Oct 20, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
The gospel introduces us to a new way of relating to God; one in which our sins our forgiven by the grace of God the Father through faith in God the Son, Jesus Christ.
Oct 13, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
From Paul’s gospel-driven perspective, what Peter did at Antioch was more than wrong; it was dangerously wrong.
Oct 6, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Over the course of his ministry, the apostle Paul encountered his fair share of well-intentioned dragons. In fact, most of his letters were written in response to the activity of well-intentioned dragons among the churches he planted. Galatians is no exce
Sep 29, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Paul's commission came through a direct revelation of Jesus Christ, therefore neither he, nor the gospel he preached, required verification either by another human being, or any human agency. Nevertheless, Paul often had to defend his authenticity as an a
Sep 15, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
The letter to the Galatians, is Paul’s passionate appeal for the churches in Galatia not to abandon their newfound faith by turning to a different gospel.
Sep 8, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Paul wrote Galatians out of concern the churches had abandoned the gospel as a result of the influence of preachers who believed that salvation required faith in Jesus plus practicing certain parts of the OT law such as circumcision and the dietary laws.
Sep 1, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
The more we practice what Jesus preaches the more we grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ. The evidence of our growth is the fruit of the Spirit. As far as Paul is concerned the fruit of the Spirit is the necessary evidence proving you are practicing
Aug 25, 2019 7:30 AM America/New_York
How do we know we are growing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ? How do we know we are practicing what Jesus preaches? According to the Puritan Richard Sibbes, “We may know whether the Spirit of God has wrought anything in us by our embracing o
Aug 18, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
The more we follow Jesus the more we will practice what He preaches. The more we practice what Jesus preaches the more holy we become. And the evidence of this holiness is the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulne
Aug 4, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Paul begins this last section of Galatians 5 with a command - "walk by the Spirit" followed by a promise - "and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh."
Jul 28, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Whereas many Americans would define someone who is spiritual as being open and tolerant of all religions and philosophies, and someone who is religious as being a close-minded, no-thinking, rule-following, intolerant person, the Bible defines someone who
Jul 14, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Paul wrote Galatians to encourage them to keep walking by the Spirit, to continue being led by the Spirit and to carry on sowing to the Spirit by practicing what Jesus preaches.
Jul 7, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
The Bible defines freedom is found in a relationship with God the Father through faith in God the Son which is brought about by God the Holy Spirit.
Jun 30, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Paul is concerned for the Galatians because the Jesus PLUS gospel preached by the Judaizers is a false gospel. The True Gospel—the one preached by Paul and the other Apostles is this: we are saved from our sins and spared from the wrath of God by grace
Jun 23, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Whereas many Americans define freedom as self-rule and the right to do what we want without any interference by anyone, the Bible defines freedom in terms of a relationship with God the Father through faith in God the Son which is brought about by God the