Sermons from August 2015

STUDY GUIDE In-Your-Face GRACE! – Paul’s Letter to the GALATIANS Message 4 August 30, 2015 [Note: The first two questions are repeated from last week’s study guide.] 1. What approach toward the gospel of Christ and toward the followers of Christ had Paul actually learned from MEN (from his “countrymen”)? [See 1:13-14.] How does Paul explain the dramatic “about-face” that he experienced in his attitude toward the gospel of Christ and toward the followers of Christ? [See 1:15-16.] WHEN did…

STUDY GUIDE Called by the Grace of Christ: Paul’s Letter to the GALATIANS Message 3 August 23, 2015 1. Read Galatians 1:11-24. In verse 1, what did Paul say was “not from men, nor through the agency of man”? In verse 11, Paul says that the gospel he preached is “not according to man.” How are those two assertions (verse 1 and verse 11) connected? Consider all the ways in which the gospel of Jesus Christ is “not according to…

STUDY GUIDE Called by the Grace of Christ: Paul’s Letter to the GALATIANS Message 2 August 16, 2015 1. Read Galatians 1:6-10. Look carefully at Paul’s wording in verse 6. What or whom are the Galatians “deserting” (or in some translations, “turning away from”)? And with what are they replacing it? Notice that what they’re deserting and that with which they’re replacing it are two very different kinds of things. If you don’t understand what’s being pointed out here, look…

STUDY GUIDE Galatians Message 1 August 9, 2015 1. Read Galatians 1:1-5. What does Paul emphasize right up front about his ministry and apostleship in verse 1? What does he mean by “not sent from men, nor through the agency of man”? What’s the difference between those two? There’s a major clue here regarding one of the key issues Paul will address in the first two chapters of this letter. How did Paul become an apostle in the first place?…