GALATIANS … PAUL’S “VEHEMENCE!”

August 28, 2018 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

And that noun, "vehemence," means? "A display of strong feeling, very strong!" Extreme passion! Even to the point of anger! Students, in Latin "vemens" means (as it looks) "violent, forceful!" Wow! But that's my word, describing … [Continue reading]

GALATIANS … PREACHING CIRCUMCISION?

August 27, 2018 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

Galatians 5:11 is today's Text: "And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased." At least Paul is still calling them (the Galatians) "Brethren!" Back in the early third … [Continue reading]

GALATIANS … ON A POSITIVE NOTE

August 25, 2018 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

This is Paul on a good day! "Positive reinforcement," I think it's called. At least what he says to "his" people, his converts to Jesus. Then He (rightly so) gets negative (in a hurry) when thinking of the deceptive false preachers who have crept … [Continue reading]

GALATIANS … AN “AXIOM”

August 24, 2018 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

What does "axiom" mean, here in the "title" to today's Lesson? ? It is derived from the Greek adjective "axios," anything "worthy" of consideration. Something so well accepted that it is "self-evidently" TRUE! And today's Galatians 5:9 verse is … [Continue reading]

GALATIANS … “PERSUASION!”

August 23, 2018 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

A short line today, our Text for the Lesson, but still the Word of God! Paul writes to the Galatians: "This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you." (King James Version, Galatians 5:8) By "persuasion" here Scripture means the … [Continue reading]