NEXT BIBLE STUDY on Exodus Chapters Fourteen and Fifteen - December 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Overhead 1: Text-for-Exodus-14v10-31-Draft-Summer-2023.pdf
Overhead 2: Text-for-Exodus-15v1-21-Dec-2024.pdf
SHOWCASE: Children's Genesis Study - 2022 and 2023
SHOWCASE: Adult Genesis Study - 2021 & 2022
Class #36: “For Christ has set us free, not for a political freedom or a freedom of the flesh but for a theological or spiritual freedom, that is, to make our conscience free and joyful, unafraid of the wrath to come. This is the most genuine freedom; it is immeasurable” (LW, Vol. 27, p.4). 1 […]
Class #35: Last Sunday we began with a thematic overview of freedom and St. Paul’s summary statement in 5:1, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty/freedom by which Christ has made us free.” This Sunday we begin to unpack the New Testament liberty/freedom that we have in Christ. The law cannot secure our freedom, either by […]
Class #34: The Galatians Bible Study restarts after a summer hiatus. We begin with a thematic overview of freedom and St. Paul’s summary statement in 5:1, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty/freedom by which Christ has made us free.” The general idea of freedom is “to be at one’s own disposal” (in contrast with a […]
Class #33: Not all of the sons of Abraham are sons of the promise. In Genesis 15:1ff, God tell Abram that the heir(Savior) would come from Abram’s body. Before God’s words made it clear that the line of the Savior would come from Sarah’s body as well, Sarah tried to provide children by means of […]
Class #32: St. Paul was not reading into the historical account of Genesis, chapters 16-21, when he declared that the children of Hagar and Sarah teach us about two covenants: the law and the promise. The Scriptures themselves bear witness to Jesus (John 5:39) that all who believe in Him receive forgiveness of sins (Acts […]
Class #31: St. Paul came to the Galatians because of health problems(4:13). Nevertheless, they welcomed him and received his message concerning salvation through faith in Christ alone. Through the Gospel, St. Paul gave them a new birth unto salvation. After some time had passed and in his absence, the Galatians have been wooed by false […]
Class #30: Before the Galatians knew the one true God, they served, or rather were enslaved by idols. They feared, loved, and trusted in something which wasn’t God. Through St. Paul’s preaching of the Word and the efficacious work of the Holy Spirit, these pagans came to be saved through faith in the work of […]
Class #29: “God has sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts” (Galatians 4:6). All who believe and are baptized have been given the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38), so that they know they are saved through faith in Jesus Christ and thus call God their Father. On account of our great weakness, it is […]
Class #28: The child-heir owns everything, but until he reaches the time set by the Father, he isn’t any different from a slave. The child-heir is under guardians and stewards until the age of majority. This example applies to the Old Testament Jews who were placed under the law until the coming of the […]
Class #27: The purpose of the law was to reveal sin. The purpose of the promise(gospel) was to give life. The purpose of the law and the purpose of the gospel are not against each other. The law prepares us to receive the gospel. The law functioned like a παιδαγωγος (paidagogos, “tutor” NKJV, from […]