Curses
One pleasure of living rural is watching the acrobatic flight of barn swallows. Those small birds have tremendous agility in the air, which enables them to go after flying insects.…
Year: 2021
Exploring Galatians: The Strength of a Promise
Every December, our local paper publishes the new laws going into effect in the new year. Those laws could be a new wrinkle for laws already on the book or…
The Log of Religion
If you’ve followed Lambchow for a while, you may recall that we have a couple of barn cats. Callie and Boots divide their time between a small cathouse on the…
Exploring Galatians – The Curse of the Law
A Vin diagram is used to graphically depict how two or more concepts overlap. For instance, say we’re comparing an apple with a tomato. One circle would describe the apple…
The Value of Wisdom
“For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with it.” (Proverbs 8:11, NLT) The Bible, especially the Book of Proverbs, speaks much of wisdom. The…
Exploring Galatians: Blessed With Abraham
After Paul’s attention-getting charge of “you foolish Galatians,” he begins to teach them about faith. Paul writes, “Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.…
Like a Child
“Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.” (Luke 18:17, NASB95) Jesus’ statement has a bit…
Exploring Galatians: Paul’s Charge
You foolish, idiotic, imbecilic, stupid, air-headed Galatians. Not exactly the way to make folks feel good about themselves. But with those “shake someone by the collar” kinds of words, Paul…
A Time to Rest
“And He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even…
Exploring Galatians: The Gospel of Grace
If Paul’s letter to the Romans is his theological masterpiece, then Galatians 2:14-21 is his elevator speech. To recap, Paul is writing to the Galatian church because they, although being…
Mightier Than the Flood
“But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore— the Lord above is mightier than these!” (Psalm 93:4, NLT) We are often reminded…
Exploring Galatians: The Antioch Incident
Paul uses an incident with Peter to vividly explain the Gospel of Grace. At some time following the Jerusalem Council, Peter visited the church at Antioch. In the early days…