A Galatian Riot
‘Both read the Bible day and night,But thou read’st black where I read white.’ – William Blake ‘I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different...Acting on Revelation
I’m no biblical scholar, and frankly, Paul intimidates me a little (so strident!), so my posts for this series will come, as usual, from my reaction to the text, not from any knowledge about the text. What strikes me about the first chapter of Galatians is how...The Heartbeat of Galatians
With the first words of Paul’s letter to the Galatians we are transported into a world grace on the move. This grace is active and disruptive. It changed lives. It continues to change lives. Martin Luther, one of the great reformers of the Church in the 16th...Where's Paul when we need him?
I don’t think I have ever seen such a time in my life where there are some many diverse interpretations of the Bible and Jesus’ sayings. We have fundamentalists, evangelicals, traditionalists, progressives, etc., etc. who all seem to think they have the...Strident Religious Arrogance or an Invitation to Love?
Religious arrogance is a no fly zone! Paul exudes it in his letter to the Galatians, becoming a religious bully with his claim to be “set apart” by God. Is this a crusade for his version of religious orthodoxy? Where is the spacious generosity of an...Partners and Promotions
