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NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CONGREGATIONS OF BELIEVERS CHAPTER TWO (Lesson LIV) Early church scholar Ambrosiaster offers his interpretation of what Paul says here about the grace of God being nullified … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CONGREGATIONS OF BELIEVERS CHAPTER TWO (Lesson LIII) Peter then goes on and tells James that in order to address any matter where a similar thing is … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CONGREGATIONS OF BELIEVERS CHAPTER TWO (Lesson LII) British Sunday school teacher J. L. Nye (1881-1965) was looking for a story or illustration to put a frame … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CONGREGATIONS OF BELIEVERS CHAPTER TWO (Lesson LI) I like the Contextual Bible’s paraphrase of these verses: “For it was through the Law of God that I … Continue reading →

One of my first eye-opening moments as a boy came as I sat in a room in the late afternoon while a ray of light streamed through the window.  All at once I noticed that the whole atmosphere in the … Continue reading →

FOUND AND LOST Poetry has always been one of my first loves since my high school English teacher, Mrs. Nina Driggers (some names you just never forget), at Lee Academy in Cleveland, TN, read from Lord Byron’s, “She walks in … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CONGREGATIONS OF BELIEVERS CHAPTER TWO (Lesson L) Wayne C. Aman (1918-1995), Christian writer and researcher, in writing about the Apostle Paul’s commitment to always proclaiming that … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CONGREGATIONS OF BELIEVERS CHAPTER TWO (Lesson XLIX) Lancaster goes on to explain why this interpretation does not work for Messianic Jews. He quotes what Paul says … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CONGREGATIONS OF BELIEVERS CHAPTER TWO (Lesson XLVIII) Joseph Beet asks us to notice that here in verse twenty Paul says that it is the crucified Savior … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CONGREGATIONS OF BELIEVERS CHAPTER TWO (Lesson XLVII) Some fifty years after Adam Clarke wrote his commentary, another brilliant British scholar, Andrew Mclaren, preached his non-conformist view … Continue reading →