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Advent 2022: Week Four, Friday, Galatians 3:15-22
Today is Christmas Adam — because it comes before Christmas Eve. Our reading focuses another character from the book of Genesis, though. 15. Brothers and sisters, let me speak to it in an everyday human way; it’s all very similar to a will that’s already probated, and no one can annul any of it or…
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Advent 2022: Week Four, Thursday, Galatians 3:1-14
The reading guide likes us to finish in Galatians 3 for the last three days leading up to Christmas. So here we are with Paul ripping into the Galatians. 1. Stupid Galatians! Who tricked you? It was before your very eyes Messiah Jesus has been publicly crucified. 2. There is only one thing I want…
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Advent 2022: Week Four, Wednesday, Titus 3:1-15
The scheduled reading I have followed for Advent inexplicably stops this reading at Titus 3:8 and skips 9-15. I am sure there is a well meaning, thoroughly explained reason for this such as they will come to it later in the cycle, but for now I thought it best to go ahead and translate the…
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Advent 2022: Week Four, Tuesday, Titus 2:1-10
I want to point out again the rough nature of this rendering. I have not smoothed it out because I think the way it clunks together is part of the message. 1. But you keep speaking what is proper, that is, healthy teaching – 2. the older man to be sober, honorable, temperate, healthy in…