GALATIANS … A POWERFUL “HAPAX LEGOMENON!”

May 5, 2018 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

It, "hapax legomenon," means a word that appears only once in a document, in a book, in any body of literature! (It has a Greek origin, the language of the New Testament. Where "lego" means "to say." And "hapax" means "once, once only.") And in … [Continue reading]

GALATIANS … PAUL “VERSUS” PETER!

May 4, 2018 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

"Versus?" Is that the word you want, Brother Bagwell? It means, taken directly from Latin, "against!" As in "opposed" to someone! Nearly "face-to-face" with them confrontationally! But we should really let Paul tell his own story. … [Continue reading]

GALATIANS … LESSON DELAYED!

May 3, 2018 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

NOTES JOTTED HERE VERY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 2018 ... Photo made last (Wednesday) night after the Service ... Pastor Roy Waldroup (First Baptist Church, Fletcher, NC) and me. I think the Man of God here, this Preacher, has become one of … [Continue reading]

GALATIANS … PAUL’S LOVE FOR THE “POOR!”

May 2, 2018 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

What an amazing man, the Apostle Paul! A "giant" any way you study him! A leader among men! Yet he never seemed to get too "big" in his own eyes! Never was "full of himself," as they say. And never selfish! He wonderfully enfleshed the … [Continue reading]

GALATIANS … THE WEIGHT HAS SHIFTED!

May 1, 2018 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

Paul at Jerusalem, presenting the Gospel he preaches ... to none other than the original Church "leaders!" And on top of that, receiving their approval for his "mission" to the Gentiles! A "whosoever will" Gospel, not a "law of Moses" Gospel! A … [Continue reading]