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Pentecost was the beginning of the church after Christ had ascended into heaven. Jesus had promised, during his earthly ministry, that he would leave, but that he would send the Comforter. He would send the Holy Spirit. And it was at that moment during Pentecost where the Holy Spirit came, and

If Paul is famous for his contrast of flesh and spirit, he is also famous for the key words he uses that go with them both. He speaks of the works of the flesh, but the fruit of the Spirit. Compare artificial Christmas trees with ordinary but real fruit trees in an orchard. The Christmas trees

For Paul the Galatian controversy isn’t a matter of people choosing one religious option or another, finding a way forward on a spiritual journey; it’s a matter of truth. If it is true that the Messiah has died and been raised, then this in turn establishes a network of truth that carries its

The Galatian Christians have come out of the “Egypt” of idolatry, of worshiping false gods. They have been set free, redeemed by the personal action of the one true God in his Son and his Spirit (Galatians 4:4-7). Now it seems they have had a look at the wide and worrying world of freedom, and

Paul pictures the Mosaic Law in the role of a babysitter until Israel should grow up. So Paul now asks the Galatians, do you want to go back to being a child, when you could be grown up? Do you want to go back to being a slave, when you could be free?