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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 →

EASTER BUNNY IN THE WRONG PLACE The church door was open at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Carmichael, California, with people going in and out, when a young man walked up awkwardly to entrance and handed a piece of paper … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH CHAPTER ONE (Lesson II) There were others who spent time examining these citizens of the Roman province of Galatia to learn more about them. For … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH CHAPTER ONE (Lesson I) BACKGROUND: “History of the Christian Church” writer Phillip Schaff, tells us that the date of the Epistle to the Galatians was … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY by Dr. Robert R. Seyda PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH INTRODUCTION There has been a certain amount of controversy over how the Epistle to the Galatians became the book that launched Martin Luther into a … Continue reading →