Three mountains to freedom / / John Dudley Davies.

• Superior document: Practice interpretation ; 5
• VerfasserIn: Davies, John D. 1927-
• Place / Publishing House: Blandford Forum, Dorset : : Deo Publishing,, [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Practice interpretation ; 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In Galatians, we meet Paul at his most passionate, most personal, and his most political. For him, the heart of the Gospel is: The Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. But for some of his colleagues, faith in Christ is not enough. They want something that will give more of a sense of achievement; they yearn for the more exclusive insignia of the Jewish law. Senior church leaders are confused and compromised. Paul faces this crisis with two further essentials of the Gospel, our unity in Christ and our freedom in Christ. The book shows how, in our own day, the same testing of faith happens, with issues of race, gender, poverty, equality, in a culture which values the achievements of some while treating others with disdain. Written geographically from a Welsh context, this is the Archbishop of Wales’s recommended Lent book for 2016; but it speaks to the wider motivations of our present culture. For the author, Galatians was a primary weapon in the theological struggle against the ideology of apartheid in South Africa; it has a similar relevance for today’s Britain and beyond.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / John Dudley Davies -- Foreword / John Dudley Davies -- Introduction / John Dudley Davies -- The first foothills of Paul’s pilgrimage Galatians 1:1–24 / John Dudley Davies -- Climbing the first mountain: Mount Faith/Moel Ffydd Galatians 2:1–21 / John Dudley Davies -- Thickets and brambles on the way to the next mountain Galatians 3:1–25 / John Dudley Davies -- The view from Mount Unity/Moel Undod Galatians 3:26 – 4:7 / John Dudley Davies -- More problems on the road, swamps and sidetracks, with some merciful signposts Galatians 4:8–31 / John Dudley Davies -- Mount Freedom/Moel Rhyddid Galatians 5:1–15 / John Dudley Davies -- Back on level ground Galatians 5:16 – 6:10 / John Dudley Davies -- Galatians 6:11–18 Final Summary / John Dudley Davies -- References / John Dudley Davies.