Continuing his argument that he received the one and only gospel directly from Jesus Christ, Paul demonstrated in more detail in Galatians 1:11-24 his lack of dependence on the apostles in Jerusalem. He also brought up the most shameful part of his past, which he mentioned repeatedly in his letters, and which served to magnify the grace of God in his life and in ours.
All agree that the Lord’s Supper is a remembrance meal, but it is also communion with the Lord and with each other. In 1...
As Jesus finally approached Jerusalem, he admonished the leaders and affirmed his mission.
The opposite results of David’s and Saul’s desperate measures hold lessons about how to live in the world while not being of the world.