Archive for the ‘Galatians’ Category

• Is Paul Abusing Genesis? (Or at least Hagar, in Gal 4:22ff.?)

  Nov 4, 13 • Faith, Galatians, Genesis • Comments Off on Is Paul Abusing Genesis? (Or at least Hagar, in Gal 4:22ff.?)
  

  The New Testament use of the Old Testament often seems arbitrary or bizarre to modern readers. Here I’ll suggest that Paul’s use of Genesis in Galatians 4 (while not only strange but also unfair to Hagar and over kind to Sarah) fits with thew intent of Genesis. I think this is an interesting example of [&hellip...

• Not Only a Father: Speaking the unspeakable: mother-language before the reformation

  Apr 24, 13 • Galatians, Genesis, God as mother, Jesus • 1 Comment
  

  Can a currently unspeakable picture of God, which was in use for the first 1400 years of Christianity help us enrich our relationship with God? Many of the best known theologians and writing pastors of the first 1400 years of the Christian church (including Clement, Jerome, Augustine and Anselm) were happy to speak in different [&hellip...

• E100-82: Galatians 5:16 – 6:10: The Fruit of the Spirit

  Aug 10, 10 • E100, Galatians • Comments Off on E100-82: Galatians 5:16 – 6:10: The Fruit of the Spirit
  

  Unlike the theological treatise in Romans, Galatians seems to be written to particular people known to Paul, and with a particular situation in mind – Jewish Christian preachers who were calling for restoration of Biblical Principles (observance of the Old Testament law). So after the greeting, Paul starts combatitively in Gal 1:6-10. In the light [&hellip...