In the dramatic concluding section, Galatians 6:11-18, Paul brought the whole message of the letter together by writing about boasting. He contrasted worldly religious boasting with Christian boasting. Christians are to boast only in something that was and is despised by most people: the instrument of execution known as a cross.
The expression, “the body of Christ,” has become such a common name for the church that we may not reflect upon what it means...
Our little work of accepting each other in the church is part of the big work God is doing in the world.
Human beings love using metaphors, comparisons between two things that are unlike to bring out some special way in which they are alike. In...