Galatians, Galatians, Galatians. We’ve been in Galatians for months now—with even more to come. We love it, but we’re okay with coming to an end soon. The main reason for how long this study has been is because of all the new scholarship Jay has been learning about this letter. Context is not only valuable, but it is needed. But it’s tricky, because do we only like scholarship until it causes us to have to inspect our own faith and beliefs? Paul has always had his fair share of critics. Usually, these critics find that Paul and his message of grace is just simply people pleasing and just giving everyone the okay to sin. Jay at one point in his life was even told that he made Christ’s death in vain—harsh words, yes, but it led him to finding Galatians and learning about grace. Is it people pleasing to dive deeper into the Bible and try to learn more about the faith you love and devoted your life to? Why do we have this need to constantly bite and devour each other? We used to do it in church, but now it seems like social media is where we do all of our biting and devouring. Why is this? Can’t we find a common humanity with each other? Because after all what do we truly love when we say we love God? And who do we truly love when we say we love God? These are the real questions we should be asking ourselves, but instead we find devouring each other to just be easier, and apparently more rewarding. We should really, really stop doing that.

This talk was given on April 21, 2024 from Seattle, Washington.

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A Straight Line of Unity- 2024 Galatians Series: Part 12