We move from Acts into Paul’s letters by starting Galatians, the earliest letter we have from him, and we put it back into its real-world context in the Galatia region. We read Galatians 1–2 and track Paul’s fierce warning against a distorted gospel that adds law-keeping to faith in Jesus.
• reading the New Testament in chronological order from Luke to Acts to Paul’s letters
• why Galatians is written to multiple churches in a region, not one city
• the conflict over circumcision and the law of Moses for Gentile believers
• Paul’s claim that his gospel comes by revelation, not human approval
• “no other gospel” and why adding requirements twists the message of grace
• Titus as a test case for freedom in Christ
• Paul confronting Peter over hypocrisy and pressure from insiders
• justification by faith in Christ rather than works of the law
• modern “Jesus plus” warnings, including politics and ideology mixed with Bible language
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