Galatians 3:1-9;23-29 Is the Gospel of Inclusion also one of exclusion? Yes it is. For there are many things that are not compatible with the Gospel of Grace. In our passage this week, Paul includes some of these in his exhortation to the Galatians that salvation is all of grace and not of the law. …
Category: Galatians
May 15
Accept No Substitutions
Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-21 Last week’s sermon examined the first church council in Jerusalem. Where it was recognized that the Gentiles have full acceptance by faith alone in Jesus Christ. Shortly after this Council, Paul wrote the letter to the Galatians. This was probably the first book in our New Testament that was written. For the …
Jan 17
Jesus Brings Good News—To Them?
As I read this week’s text, I am taken back to a previous congregation. It was anolder congregation, living in the by-gone days before the town began its rapidincrease in minority population. We had a “mixed-race” couple that beganattending the church, and the African-American husband became one of ourushers, and served communion. The gossipers in …
