When It's Hard to Stand for the Truth

When It’s Hard to Stand for the Truth

But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?” (Galatians 2:14) Superficially, it was an argument over […]

Twisting the Good News

Twisting the Good News

Which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. (Galatians 1:7) Paul planted several churches in the Roman province of Galatia on his first few missionary tours. Paul wrote to the Galatian Christians because he was concerned that they had embraced a false message, a […]

Self Examination

Self Examination

Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified. (2 Corinthians 13:5-6) Paul wanted the believers in Corinth to ask themselves a sobering question: “Is […]