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What does it mean to be crucified with Christ? What does it mean to have him live in us? These are two crucial questions for every soul.

To depend on your works to earn a right standing with God is not only to reject grace but to break the law itself.

Do you know what words like “sinners,” “righteous,” and “grace” actually mean? A key to studying Scripture is to not let key words remain vague.

What is saving faith? Historically, the answer has included three basic elements: knowing, assenting, and trusting.

If we choose to get right with God by our works, we continue under a curse. Only through faith in Jesus can we be justified.

One reason we don’t enjoy salvation as we should is that we don’t feel the weight of what it means for a holy God to forgive sin.

Justification is at the heart of the Christian faith. Yet since the days of Jesus, people have repeatedly gotten it wrong.

Even though Jews had unique blessings from God, when it comes to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles are saved by faith alone.

As Paul’s confrontation of Peter demonstrates, fear of man leads to walking out of step with the gospel and denying the freedom of grace.

The most important handshake in history happened when the apostles extended the right hand of fellowship to Paul in Jerusalem.

The gospel of grace justifies by faith alone. To add any amount of good works or law-keeping to the gospel creates slavery instead of freedom.

In Galatians, Paul unpacks his encounters with the other apostles. Were they really at odds with one another?

Through rational, logical arguments, all Christian apologetics should aim to cultivate heartfelt, affectionate worship.

When you read the letters of Paul, hear him argue, witness how he deals with controversy, and witness his character, he will win your trust.

Even though God chose Paul for salvation, he permitted him to become a persecutor of the church and a zealot for false teaching. Why?

Election, calling, grace — how do these elements of God’s plan come together in Paul’s conversion? How do they come together in ours?

Paul’s conversion from being anti-gospel, anti-church, and anti-Christ can only be explained by a genuine revelation of Jesus Christ.

Where did the apostle Paul learn the gospel? What does he mean when he says that his message is “not man’s gospel”?

In this verse, the apostle Paul utterly rejects man-pleasing, but elsewhere he says he seeks to please everyone in everything. How can he say both?

The Reformation leaned on the power of Galatians because this letter champions the supreme authority of Scripture over all other authorities.

Paul was astonished because the Galatian church had abandoned God and the gospel. How were they leaving the truth, and why?

God expresses his grace to sinners in the giving of his Son, which results in the deliverance of God’s people for the glory of his name.

Why do many people today fail to see the beauty of God in Christ? Because this present age is evil, characterized by darkness and death.

The fact that Christ laid down his life for Paul captivated the apostle. Do you marvel at the cross and the love of Christ for you?

What exactly is the grace of God? Grace is God’s disposition to treat people better than they deserve — to save us despite our sin.