When I was a child, I was present in a store during a minor robbery attempt. My mom witnessed the occurrence, and relayed the story to me when the excitement died down. I remember wondering about the “what if’s.” What if they would have tried to harm my mother? What if I was there? What if there was gunfire? What if I witnessed something like this again? I decided that I would surely act. I would protect people. I would try to disarm the assailant. I would be willing to risk my own life for...

Paul has a weighty task on his hands. As a recovering Pharisee, he is wanting to ensure that a tenuous tension remains in play: (1) that...

Galatians 3:23-29 The third chapter of Galatians is a situated argument where Paul is trying to reason against the Judaizers calling for...