This week we continue our study of Paul's Letters to the Churches with Galatians 2.  In this chapter I think Paul is driving two central points:

1. We should live consistently regardless of who is 'watching'
2. Christianity is not about achieving perfection but accepting grace

  To those points, Paul lays out some excellent examples...

We began Galatians this week, which continues our study of Paul's letters to the churches. The Galatians originally received the message from Paul and become devout followers, however in his absence they allowed their focus to wane and eventually reverted back to their old ways and allowed the message to be contorted...

In this chapter Paul continues his defense of his ministry and highlights the completeness of God's power in stark contrast to our own inadequacy.  Ultimately we find that we realize our goals when we admit our weaknesses to God and in faith ask for his power to make up for what we lack... 

This week we continued our study of Paul's Letters with 2nd Corinthians Chapter 11.   The big takeaway here was that God in his genius provides us with a simple solution to the complex messes we create: repent and be forgiven.  And I think we struggle with this because we somehow want it to be more difficult; we struggle to accept simple and postulate that the more complex the solution, the more refined, the better...