Monthly Archives: January 2020

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER FOUR (Lesson XX) Pastor of the Congregationalist Church in Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Solomon Stoddard (1643-1729), wrote about the resemblance between common grace and … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER FOUR (Lesson XIX) One of Augustine’s early contemporary scholars, Marius Victorinus (280-355 AD), views these non-divine deities of worldly and other imaginary powers, are … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER FOUR (Lesson XVIII) Now the Apostle Paul gives the same message he gave the Ephesians to the Galatians. He tells them here in verse … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER FOUR (Lesson XVII) While Lancaster’s point of using the rendition of the Greek taken from Robert Young’s Literal Translation is correct, he fails to … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER FOUR (Lesson XVI) David Worthington Simon (1830-1909), states that it’s one thing to just be called “father,” but it is quite another to discharge … Continue reading →

Faith, hope, and love are often referred to as three theological virtues—or three divine sisters. The whole Christian life, in terms of our living in response to God and His new work in us, springs from faith, hope, and love. … Continue reading →

RUNNING WITHOUT GETTING WEARY Glenn Cunningham was just 7 years old when he nearly died in an explosion that killed his brother. He had gone to his one-room schoolhouse on the Indiana prairie with his several siblings one cold January morning. Finding … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER FOUR (Lesson XV) Now, says John Wesley, the testimony of the Spirit of God must, in the very nature of things, come before the … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER FOUR (Lesson XIV) Medieval church scholar Nicholas of Lyra (1210-1270) tells us that for him, the two terms [Abba and Patēr] are placed next … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CRITICAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER FOUR (Lesson XIII) What the Apostle Paul wrote the Ephesians sure sounds a lot like what he said to the Romans when he scolded … Continue reading →