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NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCHES CHAPTER ONE (Lesson IX) 1:3 We ask God our Father and Jesus the Messiah our Lord to grant you grace and peace. It’s interesting to … Continue reading →

Marian Wright Edelman is an American activist for children’s rights. She has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. She is president and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund. She made this statement: “Service is what … Continue reading →

THE SEVEN WONDERS Having had the privilege of teaching in Bible Schools and Seminary in Europe, Asia, and the USA, this story really rang a bell. Sometimes when asking students to reply to a question for which both I, as … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH CHAPTER ONE (Lesson VIII) Christian Jewish writer Avi ben Mordechai notes that the Hebrew word for an Apostle is Shaliach. This is one who is … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH CHAPTER ONE (Lesson VII) I like the way Bible scholar Walter F. Adeney (1849-1920) defines apostolic authority, especially in the Apostle Paul’s case. For him, … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH CHAPTER ONE (Lesson VI) So it doesn’t matter what the church may say or do, says Arminius, she can do nothing to add any weight … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH CHAPTER ONE (Lesson V) In another section of the Jewish Mishnah, we find that these individuals sent out by the Sanhedrin were called “messengers of … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH CHAPTER ONE (Lesson IV) Now early church scholar Cassiodorus (485-580 AD) tells us that when Paul calls himself an Apostle by a divine calling through … Continue reading →

Irish playwright George Barnard Shaw (1856-1950) once said: “People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.” The truth is when we get so attached to doing everything the way we’ve always done it … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH CHAPTER ONE (Lesson III) Paul finishes his awaited response to Nero by telling him that he also taught the assemblies of believers everywhere to reverence … Continue reading →