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Galatians: Paul's Charter of Christian Freedom

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AMONG THE LETTERS OF PAUL, Galatians burns like a firestorm of apostolic rebuke, persuasion and passion for the truth of the gospel. Against those who would preach "another gospel," Paul warns the Galatians of spiritual bewitchment and its perilous consequences.

In the face of these seductive enemies Paul deploys an arsenal of biblical-theological reasoning and a rhetoric of contrasting images that has seldom failed to arrest readers of every succeeding era. Freedom in Christ is set against bondage to the law, justification by faith is opposed to works of the law, Jerusalem above outshines Jerusalem below, adopted children of God are contrasted with slaves of elemental spirits, and the quality of life in the Spirit finds no rival in the diminished life of the flesh. But the decisive difference between each pair of opposites is the cross of Christ staked at the heart of Paul's charter of Christian freedom.

While facets of Galatians stand out with bold clarity, this great letter is notorious for its interpretive difficulties. With seasoned insight and deft simplicity, Leon Morris explores the complexities and bold affirmations of Galatians, laying bare its essential lines and message. The text that through the centuries has stirred and ignited the embers of gospel faith speaks with clarity again in our day.

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Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press., 1996

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Hardcover, 191 hlm, 16x23.5 cm

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English

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0-8308-1420-5

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