Verse 8 is interesting, but we’ll get there.

First, you have to feel for Paul. He left the Galatians not long ago, and within a very short time, traveling preachers had arrived and poisoned the water hole. We’ll get into the details of what they were teaching in a later lesson, but for now, let’s take a closer look at how Paul lays …

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The opening verses of Paul’s letters are easy to fly past to get to the meat of the letter. They often sound similar, for one thing, and it sometimes seems like the skip-over yada yada yada parts that we tend to skim to get to the greatest hits.

I’m guilty of doing that, but let’s not do that this time.

Paul starts his letter to the G…

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Well, me, sort of.

I like rules that keep things orderly and functioning. I like general or broad rules that assume people have common decency and common sense to function without a heavy, detailed explanation of what is required. I like such rules to be followed. I like cultural norms and rules that create high-trust soci…

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No, I’m not deconstructing.

No, I’m not fudging the lines and becoming progressive.

No, I’m not saying what God has said is true has come into doubt.

The Bible has not changed, regardless of what the culture tries to insist.

But in my younger years, I wielded the Bible like a sword to chop people …

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This is probably more for my own benefit than yours, possibly.

The act of writing, whether private or public, h…

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