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The Heart of the Gospel: Paul’s Message Of Grace in Galatians
Vol. 12, No. 5 • Sep/Oct 2003
You do not have to read far in Paul’s letter to the Galatians to realize that he is upset, even angry. After stating his credentials and offering a short greeting to the Galatian churches, he launches right in: I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of […]
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Why All the Fuss?
You do not have to read far in Paul’s letter to the Galatians to realize that he is upset, even angry. After stating his credentials and offering a short greeting to the Galatian churches, he launches right in: I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of […]
The Law in Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
Little in the Apostle Paul’s writings has been debated as intensively in recent years as his understanding of what he calls “the law” (see Rom. 3:21, 31; 1 Cor. 9:8-10, 20-21; Gal. 3; Eph. 2:15; among other verses). This topic is inherently and notoriously difficult because Paul makes equally strong positive and negative statements about […]
Luther on Galatians
“It is a marvelous thing and unknown to the world to teach Christians to ignore the Law and to live before God as though there were no Law whatever. For if you do not ignore the Law and thus direct your thoughts to grace as though there were no Law … you cannot be saved.” […]
What God Requires, Christ Provides
If justification were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose. (Gal. 2:21) For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” … Christ redeemed us […]
Paul and Covenantal Nomism
In advancing what has come to be called “the new perspective on Paul,” E. P. Sanders argues strenuously that the Judaism in Paul’s day was not “legalistic,” as traditional Protestant readings maintain, but that it was characterized by “covenantal nomism.” Legalism claims that we can become righteous simply by choosing to obey God’s commandments. Covenantal […]
Justification in Galatians:New and Old Perspectives
Christians dissatisfied with traditional formulations of the doctrine of justification have found a new alternative in N. T. Wright’s popular book, What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity?, published by Eerdmans in 1997. Wright, currently Bishop of Durham, is a talented and prolific writer and speaker who has […]
