Why the Law Then? (Intro)

I have recently com­pleted an essay inves­ti­gat­ing Paul’s teach­ing in Gala­tians on the Christian’s rela­tion to the Mosaic Law enti­tled: Why the Law Then?: A Bib­li­cal The­ol­ogy of Law in Gala­tians. I am excited to share it with all of you and get feed­back. It is the first true writ­ing I’ve done on my under­stand­ing of the rela­tion of the Mosaic Law to the Chris­t­ian. Hope­fully, it will help to clar­ify my posi­tion to those who are curi­ous to who I under­stand this issue.

Since the arti­cle is 3,800 words with­out foot­notes (5,350 with) I will break it into four parts to make it a lit­tle more approach­able. I hope that it is approach­able for the lay reader and intrigu­ing for the scholar. I will start tomor­row with the first part and every-other-day post the next install­ment. If you just can’t wait for the next install­ment then you can down­load the entire essay in PDF. It should be noted that I have ded­i­cated this writ­ing to someone.

This writ­ing is ded­i­cated to Nathan Pitch­ford whose
con­cern and desire for doc­tri­nal pre­ci­sion, god­li­ness, and
God’s glory amongst the nations is both chal­leng­ing and inspiring.