Monthly Archives: July 2020

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXLI) Ramsey Aiyer contextualizes these verses this way: “Don’t deceive yourselves into thinking that you can try to keep God’s Law and … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXL) Paul lets any self-appointed experts in Galatia know that their attitude could end up being a form of trying to fool … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXIX) 6:8 If you plant seeds belonging to your sinful-self, you will reap crops fit for corruption and condemnation. If, however, you … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXVIII) Having had the privilege and joy of pastoring one church in Germany and two churches in the USA, I often found … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXVII) Thomas Aquinas shares from a teacher’s point of view what Paul is saying. He notes that any student can communicate in … Continue reading →

When you think of being compassionate for someone or having compassion on an individual because of what they are going through, that’s only half the story. Having compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Among emotion researchers, it is defined as … Continue reading →

LOVE ME TENDER, LOVE ME SWEET, NEVER LET ME GO When the police arrived on the scene, they found a 12-year-old girl named Lianna lying on the side of a country road barely clinging to life. Two men from her … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXVI) Hans Dieter Betz also points out another maxim used by Paul that had its origin in Greek Philosophic writings. Here he … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXV) What Kelly seems to be saying here is that it is his business to act consistently with the new place in … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER SIX (Lesson CXXXIV) Augustine concludes by insisting that just because a person receives praise from others for their good works, it does not lessen … Continue reading →