The gospel is true freedom for the human soul. Believers in Christ are free to love; free from the pull of sin; and free to enjoy rich communion with God. Paul expounds upon this freedom to the Galatians, pulling from stories across the Old Testament.
What is it to live a good life or a life filled with goodness? Listen as our guest preacher, Nick Parsons, speaks to Paul’s words on how to live a life of goodness.
Believers in Christ, you are free. Free to do the good works that God has set before you; to enjoy life with him; free to love others; free from the pull of sin. Despite this declaration, many of us struggle to experience this freedom. Listen as Dave steps deeper into Paul’s words to help us connect to the freedom in the Gospel.
Today, Georgia led a group discussion around the scripture from the previous sermon, Galatians 5:13-15.
Freedom cannot be freedom in the negative sense - freedom from control, freedom from want, freedom from limitations. Freedom must also be a positive freedom; a freedom for something. Hear Dave unpack Paul’s words on freedom to the Galatians.
In our scripture today, Paul exhorts the Galatians to reject the idea that circumcision is required to follow Christ. Embracing circumcision would be, at it’s deepest level, rejecting faith and embracing the law as the means to following God. How is it that keeping and holding people to one law somehow obligates them to all the laws? Listen as Dave unpacks the answer to this question.
Galatians chapter 4:21-5:1 is the capstone of Paul’s argument to the Galatians. Paul references the old testament in the event surrounding the birth of Ishmael and Isaac to prove his point. This text as a whole has proven difficult for modern theologians. Listen as Dave poses certain questions to better understand Paul’s position.
If someone were to follow you around for months, watching all that you do, who would they say you follow? We all follow someone, and we shape ourselves around who we follow. This week we take a break from Galatians to listen to Logan Greer, pastor of Hillside Church in Marin County, speak about Jesus calling his disciples to follow him.
As we continue in our series on Galatians in chapter 4, we find Paul perplexed at the Galatians for listening to false teachers, an issue relevant to every church across history and across the world. Hear Dave examine Paul’s words to the Galatians regarding false teachers.
The Galatians lived in a world of spirituality, where behind actions, nature, weather and more were all tied to a spiritual realm that they were consciously apart of. In spite of accepting the gospel, there were turning back to their previous beliefs, away from God. Paul is deeply upset. Listen as Dave unpacks what truth Paul speaks to the Galatians to address urge them back to the gospel.
Throughout Galatians, slavery is Paul’s description for all religions outside the gospel, including OT testament law and therefore cannot be the destiny for humanity. Hear Dave speak to Paul’s words about the law and it’s relationship to the gospel.
What is the relationship between faith and our nationality, ethnicity, and culture? Paul explicitly speaks to the Galatians about this question as they were being told by men from Israel that circumcision was necessary for faith. Listen as Dave unpacks Paul’s answer to this important question.
What is the purpose and effect of the law that God gave through the Old Testament? Paul has much to say about the law in his letter to the Galatians; listen as Dave unpacks Paul’s words.
