Study of Paul's Epistle to the Galatians

Paul's Epistle (letter) to the church at Galatia was his only letter to be completely condemnatory; that is, he had absolutely nothing good to say about the Galatians. Why? Because they had fallen back into the Law and legalism as a means of gaining and keeping God's favor. Even the Corinthian church, which had fallen into worldliness, was met with much less condemnation on Paul's part. Obviously, then, God must place great disfavor on legalism, much more than modern Christians often realize.

In this study, we learn that it is essential therefore that we understand how God views legalism so that we do not place ourselves in the position of the Galatian church. We also learn the subtle ways in which legalism is cloaked, and how to avoid them.

This series started on Feb 11, 2010, and is currently being taught on Thursday nights.

• These lessons were taught using a teaching method based on "gestalt theory". This means that you may find a large amount of repetition between lessons, the theory being that repetition increases true learning and memory. Keep in mind that the original listeners were hearing lessons a week apart rather than one after the other. For those listening at home, if this repetition becomes frustrating, you may wish to skip ahead a few lessons at a time. Note that this is not to say that you won't find value in listening to every lesson, because no lesson is completely repeated - there is always something new to be heard.
• The lessons are taught using a "Question and Answer" format, so there may be long silences when congregation members were answering questions. No attempt has been made to edit out these silences.