Well, today was a complete failure. My intention was to complete an overview of Galatians 3, but was only able to get through verse 10. Paul opens this great doctrine chapter with a series of rhetorical questions in V.1-5 concerning what moved them from a life of faith to the works of the law. In … Read more

I have to tell you, Galatians 2:8-21 was quite an adventure today. We were able to clarify Paul’s apostleship to the Gentiles / the heathen, and Peter’s apostleship to the Jews / the circumcision. They are not the same. They are to two different groups of people, yet, Paul’s message in this dispensation of grace … Read more

We began our overview of Galatians 2, understanding this to be Paul’s account of Acts 15, and how he defended his apostleship to the Gentile world. The gospel of the uncircumcision (Gentiles) was committed to him by the Lord Jesus Christ, just as much as the gospel of the circumcision (Jews) was committed to Peter … Read more