Galatians Paraphrased for the 21st Century Reader

This post is Part 1 of a book titled Dead but Living, written by Ray Sammons. The entire book, including 29 colored pictures of the places Paul may have seen, is available in print and ebook here.

The Forward and Introduction explain the book and its purpose.

Faith or Works (Paul vs James)

Faith, DEAD?

Recently I’ve had reason to revisit the idea that Paul and James have conflicting views of justification by faith alone. By selecting ‘proof’ verses it is easy to quickly generate more heat than light.

Here are the verses:

Do it Anyway

While doing some work on another project I came across some information about Mother Teresa and her efforts in India. These ideas gave my heart a lift and they inspired me as I thought about how we are to treat each other.

Without A Cause

My heart is burning with excitement, joy, and peace, the kind that words cannot convey. I am completely satisfied in God’s love for us.

A part of my joy is prompted by John 15.25:

It was to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.' (Joh 15:25 NRSV)

Our Anger is NOT God's Righteousness (James 1:16-18)

This week we look at some of the ways James outlines for Christians to live, and being angry is not an action that shows God's righteousness in our lives. He follows that with some things we can and should do to pattern our lives to show God's righteousness (James 1:19-27)

Loving God when Tempted (James 1.16-18)

This weeks lesson covers some straight forward instructions about living our lives out wherever we are. James tells us that God does not change, and that he loves us so much that he gave us his good news (word of truth) making us the First Fruits of his creatures! Good News! (James 1:16-18)

New Testament Table of Contents Survey

This is a survey of the New Testament using the table of contents. This survey is designed to be copied into the Table of Contents of each Bible you use as a ready reference. Make brackets to group books together, and draw lines between books to indicate passage of time or major events.