Join Dr. Joel Willitts, as he explores what he describes as Paul’s “most passionate piece of writing”—his letter to the Galatians. Learn how Paul wrote Galatians with rhetorical flair, sarcasm, and hyperbole. You will come to understand the issues Paul was addressing in his letter and gain insight into how the book can be applied today. This course addresses some of the most controversial topics in Pauline theology, as Dr. Willitts dives into the works of the law, justification by faith, righteousness, and faith itself.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
5m
Approaches and Issues
Reading Galatians Theologically
7m
Post-Supersessionist Approach to the New Testament: Part 1
8m
Post-Supersessionist Approach to the New Testament: Part 2
6m
Approaches to Reading Galatians
9m
Introductory Issues
8m
Outline of Galatians
8m
Messiah’s Gospel under Threat (Gal 1:1–9)
Opening of the Letter
5m
Senders and Addressees (Gal 1:1–2)
10m
Greeting: Part 1 (Gal 1:3)
10m
Greeting: Part 2 (Gal 1:4–5)
8m
Rebuke: Paul’s Complaint (Gal 1:6–7)
11m
Rebuke: Paul’s Response (Gal 1:8–9)
5m
Messiah’s Slave (Gal 1:10)
Messiah’s Slave: Part 1 (Gal 1:10)
9m
Messiah’s Slave: Part 2 (Gal 1:10)
8m
Basis of Authority: Divine Origin (Gal 1:11–12)
Significance and Structure of the Argument (Gal 1:11–2:21)
9m
Purpose (Gal 1:11–2:21)
8m
Meaning (Gal 1:11–2:21)
6m
Implications: Part 1 (Gal 1:11–2:21)
8m
Implications: Part 2 (Gal 1:11–2:21)
6m
Discontinuity/Continuity with Paul’s Jewish Past
4m
Paul’s Apocalypse: Not of Human Origin (Gal 1:11–12b)
8m
Paul and Pharisaic Judaism
8m
Apocalypse of Jesus (Gal 1:12c)
6m
Evidence of Authority: Persecutor to Proclaimer (Gal 1:13–1:24)
From Persecutor to Proclaimer
2m
Previous Manner of Life (Gal 1:13–14)
9m
Independence from Jerusalem (Gal 1:15–21)
11m
Relationship with Messianic Synagogues in Judaea (Gal 1:22–24)
5m
Evidence of Authority: Paul’s Conference with the Pillars (Gal 2:1–10)
Truth of the Gospel (Gal 2:1–10)
4m
Story’s Exposition: Part 1 (Gal 2:1–2)
11m
Story’s Exposition: Part 2 (Gal 2:1–2)
11m
Preservation of the Gospel: Part 1 (Gal 2:3)
11m
Preservation of the Gospel: Part 2 (Gal 2:3)
5m
Preservation of the Gospel: Part 3 (Gal 2:4–5)
4m
Preservation of the Gospel: Part 4 (Gal 2:4–5)
8m
Validation of Commission, Gospel, and Work: Part 1 (Gal 2:6)
7m
Validation of Commission, Gospel, and Work: Part 2 (Gal 2:7–9)
6m
Validation of Commission, Gospel, and Work: Part 3 (Gal 2:10)
4m
Evidence of Authority: Paul’s Confrontation of Peter (Gal 2:11–21)
A Hermeneutical Conversion (Gal 2:11–21)
9m
Overview of the Passage: Part 1 (Gal 2:11–21)
6m
Overview of the Passage: Part 2 (Gal 2:11–21)
7m
Overview of the Passage: Part 3 (Gal 2:11–21)
8m
Key Verses (Gal 2:11–14)
9m
Key Verses (Gal 2:17–19)
11m
Key Verses (Gal 2:21)
6m
A Crux (Gal 2:15–16)
6m
Proposition 1 (Gal 2:15)
6m
Proposition 2: Part 1 (Gal 2:16a)
6m
Proposition 2: Part 2 (Gal 2:16a)
10m
Proposition 3: Part 1 (Gal 2:16b)
8m
Proposition 3: Part 2 (Gal 2:16b)
6m
Proposition 3: Part 3 (Gal 2:16b)
8m
Proposition 3: Part 4 (Gal 2:16b)
4m
Propositions 4–7 (Gal 2:16c)
8m
Important Lessons from Galatians 1–2
7m
God’s Unfolding Plan (Gal 3:1–5:12)
Introduction to Galatians 3:1–5:12
6m
Spirit of Life for the Uncircumcised (Gal 3:1–9)
9m
Spirit of Life for the Circumcised (Gal 3:10–25)
10m
Relativized but Not Erased (Gal 3:26–29)
11m
Mutual Interdependence: For the Jew (Gal 4:1–7)
9m
Mutual Interdependence: For the Gentile (Gal 4:8–11)
8m
Paul’s Deep Concern and Perplexity (Gal 4:12–20)
12m
For Freedom: Part 1 (Gal 4:21–5:1)
9m
For Freedom: Part 2 (Gal 4:21–5:1)
12m
Offense of the Cross (Gal 5:2–12)
11m
Pattern of Life for Messiah’s People (Gal 5:13–6:10)