After spending time with this passage to be preached on July 22nd, I decided this passage was so "big" that it would take more than one week to cover what is presented by Paul. So, I invite you back to passage, Gal 2:15-21, an live with it for another week. This is my plan. While on the 22nd I focused the sermon on the foolish ways we try to justify ourselves, on the the 29th I will look to explore what it means to have faith.
These theological concepts are "big" in our Reformed/Presbyterian tradition. The Reformation of the 16th century, these thoughts were pivotal in a new message and mission for the church. It is sad that it took a schism within the church -- the split in the church that lasts today with a division between the Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic Church.
Well, let's see where this passage will take us.
