galatians from exodus 32

Joy must be morally clean. God warned Israel not to be tempted by the kind of debauched “joy” of the Canaanite festivals, which included sexual immorality, drunkenness, gluttony, and idolatry. They ha...

Man’s nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.

Preaching Commentary Kingdom Reversals This parable of Jesus is like the other two before it (cf., Matt. 21:28–32, 33–44) in that its focus is on kingdom reversals. Continuing the theme begun in Ma...

If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of Calvary love.