Choosing Good vs Evil
Why do people sometimes do amazing & wonderful things but at other times do terrible things? Why do we look back over 2024 & celebrate great contributions to human flourishing while also seeing wars drag...
Come Home to Your Wonderful Counselor
Isaiah 7 contains the incredible promise that God would send a child who would be “God With Us”. Matthew’s gospel confirms that this is the heart of the Christmas story: God made His home with...
Galatians 6:11-18 – What really counts also really costs.
As we finish our study in Galatians we once again marvel at the free gift of God’s grace that we receive through faith in Jesus. As he closes the letter Paul tells us that what...
Galatians 6:6-10 – Reaping the Blessing
The letter to the Galatians was written to guard the salvation that had come to the people of Galatia through the gospel. The message of Jesus was under attack by false teachers and many Christians...
Galatians 5:16 – 6:5 – Keep in Step with the Spirit
After arguing powerfully for the gospel of Grace against a religion of works, Paul now applies his message very practically in the lives of his readers. He contrasts the works of the flesh with the...
Galatians 4:21-5:26 – Fighting for Fruitfulness
The Apostle Paul finishes his defence of the good news that we don’t have a list of laws to live up to, we have a new identity to live out of. This new identity is...
Galatians 3:26-4:11 – Fighting for Freedom
In Jesus, all of God’s commands are transformed into promises! Instead of having a list of laws to live up to, He gives us a new identity to live out of; and this turns our...
Galatians 3 – Fighting for Fellowship
In his letter to the Galatians Paul is fighting a threat to the fellowship that Galatian Christians have with God and with each other; the freedom they have to live the life that Christ has...
Galatians 2:15-21 – The Purpose of the Law
In our last 2 messages from the book of Galatians we’ve seen Paul rebuke Peter (2:11-14) and then the Galatians (3:1-5) for going back to obedience to the laws of Moses. Is this such a...
Galatians 3:1-5 – Faith or Foolishness?
The Galatian churches had fallen into a critical error by adding obedience to the mosaic law as an essential component of the Christian life. Paul explains why this is such a grave mistake and recalls...