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NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY By Dr. Robert R Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS  CHAPTER THREE (Lesson VI) Philip Ryken mentioned that when people visit the Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia where he serves as senior pastor, they often wonder … Continue reading →

  Often, we know what we want to say, so we chose a word that seems most likely to convey our thoughts. However, sometimes, we pick the wrong word or use a word wrongly. Here are some examples. Ironic:  Probably … Continue reading →

PAGANS WEREN’T SO DUMB AFTER ALL So often, we think of the Ten Commandments given to Moses around 1400 B.C. as the beginning of God’s involvement in teaching mankind how to live according to His edicts.  However, in a document … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY By Dr. Robert R Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS CHAPTER THREE (Lesson XXXV) Wake up, you dunderhead Galatians! says Paul, nothing is more certain than this, salvation is a gift; God gave it freely, how … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY By Dr. Robert R Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS CHAPTER THREE (Lesson XXXIV) As mentioned earlier in comments on verse fifteen, Martin Luther uses an illustration to make his point here on becoming a joint-heir … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY By Dr. Robert R Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS CHAPTER THREE (Lesson XXXIII)   In George W. Clark’s (1831-1911) comments here on verse sixteen, when delineating between the use of the Hebrew noun zera` as … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY By Dr. Robert R Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS CHAPTER THREE (Lesson XXXII) If you are a serious Bible student and read various commentaries, you’ll know that Paul’s argument is subject to many tests of … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY By Dr. Robert R Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS CHAPTER THREE (Lesson XXXI) In a sermon by Reverend Frances Keyes Aglionby, vicar of Christ’s Church, Westminster, London, published around 1906, tells the story of a … Continue reading →

Why do some people place more value on something they have but seldom use, rather than on something they could use but don’t yet possess? Can it be they cherish the object they rarely use and don’t want to give … Continue reading →

IN HIS TIME Decades ago, whenever world-renown infidel Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll would deliver one of his lectures against religion and the Bible, his fame and oratorical ability always assured him of large crowds of both admirers and skeptics.  Although … Continue reading →