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Sermon on 2 Corinthians 1-15, Motivation for Giving
Introduction We’re studying this letter from the apostle Paul to the church he founded years before he wrote this letter. I love this letter. It is a brilliant, Spirit-directed, long-distance attempt
Continue reading...Sermon on 2 Corinthians 5:11-21
Introduction I don’t know about you guys but I watched a lot of the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. And I was fascinated to get a glimpse at an aspect of our government that I was all
Continue reading...Sermon on 1 John 1:5-2:2
I have sensitive eyes. Don’t you think so? Haven’t you all experienced how amazing it is to stare into my sensitive eyes? No, that is not what I mean when I say I have sensitive eyes. Mary
Continue reading...Sermon on Philippians 4:10-20
INTRODUCTION It is obvious that Paul’s letter is written to a congregation that he deeply loved and that was struggling with internal strife. Maybe you’ve known congregations like that. Much of the
Continue reading...Imprecatory Prayer in Scripture
Imprecation: pleas to God by the righteous for justice against evil Problem: Jesus taught us to love our enemies and to pray for them, do good to them and bless them (Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:27,28) hat there
Continue reading...Galatians 6:11-18, Concluding Remarks
You mince food by chopping it up into smaller pieces. You mince words by chopping them up into pieces that do not cross the bounds of politeness or, to use a popular phrase today, political correctness.
Continue reading...Galatians 5:19-26, Works of the Flesh Versus Fruit of the Spirit
Jean-Michel Basquiat (born 1960, died 1988), an American artist who focused on dichotomies in his painting, particularly in Flesh and Spirit, made up of two horizontal panels hinged to create four quadrants.
Continue reading...Galatians 6:1-10, Practicing Life in the Spirit
Paul has defended his gospel and challenged his readers to not defect from it, but to embrace it and the freedom it affords, freedom from the burden of keeping the law perfectly. He has warned against
Continue reading...Galatians 5:13-18, The Freedom and Responsibility of the Spirit
Paul’s call for the Galatians to choose the freedom that Christ set them free for, is not without recognition that the false teachers claim that pulling out from serving the Law leads one to unlawful
Continue reading...Galatians 5:1-12, Don’t Submit to Circumcision
“Paul has already reached two important goals in his appeal to the Galatians. He has defended his apostleship, including a defense of his right to preach the Gospel with or without the support of
Continue reading...Galatians 4:21-31, The Analogy From Hagar and Sarah
When Sarah failed to have a child by Abraham, she cajoled him into taking her slave girl, Hagar, as wife, and the child born to her, Ishmael, belonged to Sarah and Abraham, according to the custom of that
Continue reading...Galatians 4:8-20, Paul’s Genuine Concern
Paul’s defense of his gospel against the false teachers has been the testimony that he received his gospel by revelation from Christ, that he had little contact with the Jerusalem apostles but that
Continue reading...Galatians 4:1-7, Sonship in Christ Means No Longer Slaves
People are often asked whether they would relive their lives again if they could, knowing what they know now. But even if we were able to go back while retaining the knowledge we have gained, would we
Continue reading...Galatians 3:19-29, The Purpose of the Law
Paul has used the Scriptures to explain that everyone who is keeping the law in order to be justified (declared righteous before God) is under a curse, because no one can keep the law perfectly. The Law
Continue reading...Galatians 3:15-18, Promise, Not Law
If I promised you in a contract that I would cover all your mortgage payments every month, but then later established rules for how you treated your home and refused to pay when you didn’t keep the
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