The time has come for me to push pause on the podcast and give myself the space I’ve probably long needed to ease into a new job and all the transition of this season. I will be back to finish my goal of 365 days of podcasting, hopefully sooner rather than later, so please stay tuned, but I just need to have some breathing space so that I can give this commitment every thing I started it with. Thank you for understanding and I will be back with you very soon.

We’ll try again tomorrow.

In todays episode we see Paul use the allegory of Sarah and Hagar from the Old Testament to display the difference between living as a slave and living as free and how the two ultimately cannot share space. The commentary also helps us point out to ourselves where we may be sharing space with slavery (aka the law) and pushes us to kick out the law from our lives once and for all!

Todays episode is all about our sonship. Inside of other religions and worldly philosophy we are slaves, but inside the freedom of Christ we are sons. Not just sons only but HEIRS; heirs of God. Truly this passage of scripture is so powerful, meaty and freeing that it deserves its own entire podcast, but, for our purposes here, I hope it stirs up your hunger to dive deeper into the reality of this sonship because once this truth gets down deep, you’ll never be the same.

In todays episode we finish Galatians Chapter 3 and learn that the Mosaic Law was essentially given to show man their sin and unending need for a Savior. And Paul ends the chapter with one heck of a series of statements underscoring how faith in Christ rids believers of any dividing lines that would separate them; no Jew or Greek, no slave or free, no man or woman. We are all one inside of this faith in Jesus. What glory!

Todays episode examines the curse of the Law and how true righteousness is found through faith. We come to a deeper understanding of what it means for Jesus to have become the ultimate curse on our behalf so that we may be free from the curse of the law. It helps us see more clearly why bringing any part of the law into our new found faith is an offense to what Jesus did for us.

In todays episode we see Paul turn his attention back to the Galatians as he begins to question them about how they have turned away from the gospel of grace and fallen in the trap of works. In his words you can hear a sense of righteous indignation and jealousy over the work of Holy Spirit as he tries to make clear that they were given everything they needed in the true gospel and that this false gospel has provided and will provide them nothing in the end.

In todays episode we see Paul confront Peter for his hypocrisy as he withdraws from the very Gentiles he would normally spend time with only to snub them to try to save face in front of legalistic Jewish Christians. Paul was having none of this betrayal because he knew how wrong it was and how damaging this behavior and theology could be to the entire message of the cross. He stood in this awkward, uncomfortable conflict because he loved everyone involved so much that he was willing to wound them so they would come back to truth; truth that would keep ALL of us in freedom rather than bound to rules.

In todays episode we read Galatians Chapter 2 where Paul describes an intense meeting he has with the apostles in Jerusalem to discuss the gospel he preaches and the ways it disagrees with the expectation of circumcision that had begun to seep into the gospel message as time had gone by. He came to demonstrate what he’d been doing but also to confront what he thought was a false gospel so that all of us would remain free. I think we would do well to appreciate Paul’s fighting spirit and what that has meant for all of us to this day. May we be so bold and strong to hold to truth as effectively!

In todays episode we pick up where we left off yesterday and study the last half of Galatians Chapter 1. We see Paul beginning to build his case against this false gospel which is spreading throughout Galatia by reminding people of who he was, who he is, and Who gave him the gospel that he’s preached to them. It continues to set the stage for the truth that he will soon espouse in the coming chapters.