No Compulsion To Circumcise (Galatians 2:1-10)
Suppose that you wish to travel to a certain place. If there is only one path by which you can reach that place, it is obvious that anyone who points you to a different way is leading you astray. If you follow what they say, you will not reach your destination. This is why the […]
The Revealed Gospel (Galatians 1:11-24)
Some decisions are not that important. For example, it probably won’t make much difference what color of shirt you decide to wear today. On the other hand, what we decide in regard to salvation is of extreme importance. How tragic it would be to stand before God at the judgment only to find out that […]
No Other Gospel (Galatians 1:6-10)
From where does the impulse to seek salvation come? Is it from within ourselves, or does God call us? How can we obtain salvation? Through our own efforts, or by the grace of God? In his letter to the followers of Christ in the Roman province of Galatia, the Apostle Paul emphatically insists that it […]
Apostle of Good News (Galatians 1:1-5)
Perhaps the most important question we can ask is how to be at peace with God. We might ask the same question in other ways, such as, “How can I go to heaven?” or, “How can my sins be forgiven?” No matter how we ask it, the basic concern is what will happen to us […]
Called to Belong to Jesus Christ (Romans 1:1-6)
We pay attention to what someone tells us only if we believe that he knows what he is talking about. To put it another way, we don’t listen to people whom we believe are ignorant about the subject under discussion. For example, if someone who has no experience in building tries to tell us how […]
Introduction to Paul’s Letter to the Romans
Most of the books in the New Testament are inspired letters written to a person or church to address a specific situation or problem. A question would arise about a particular issue and the church would ask an Apostle to clarify the matter. For example, the church at Corinth had some questions regarding marriage, food […]
True Beauty
People are obsessed with the pursuit of beauty. Every year our society spends fortunes on products designed to make us look better. Every day we are bombarded with advertisements which promise us beauty if we will only buy what is offered. Yet, we all know that physical beauty is temporary. Though we do not like […]
What If There Were No Resurrection?
The Prophet Job asked an important question which many people have, “If a man dies, will he live again?…” (Job 14:14 NIV) Probably most people would like to think that there is something beyond this life. The thought that everything ends at the grave is repugnant. In contrast, the thought of being resurrected from the […]
“I Will Not Violate My Covenant”
Which of us has never been disappointed by others? Which of us has not experienced feelings of hurt and betrayal by what others have done? While the actions of others disappoint us and may even harm us, perhaps we experience the greatest hurt when someone breaks their word to us. They make a promise and […]
What If There Were No Choice But To Believe?
Many people insist that there is no God. Many others proclaim that it is self-evident that God exists. The truth is that there is no absolute proof one way or the other. Even those people who have been raised in very religious homes, if they are honest with themselves, have, at some time in their […]