Galatians
I read Galatians the other day and here is what I think it was about.
Paul was frustrated with the believers in Galatia. They were starting to migrate in thought and actions back toward a belief centered around a righteousness earned by keeping the traditions of Judaisim. He argues that this is a step backwards, away from righteous attained through God's grace towards us and back towards a righteousness earned by being good enough. He says in doing so we are giving up freedom for slavery.
That is what I feel like I discovered about evangelicalism. I didn't even know the freedom existed. I actually had argued against this freedom as dangerous at one time. And freedom is dangerous after all. But Christ still calls us to it.
Gal 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then and don't let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
I don't want to be a slave to certainty, safety, knowledge, arrogance, or control anymore.

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