10:00 am Worship
We welcome you to worship this Sunday, either in-person at Our Savior Lutheran Church (745 Front St. S in Issaquah), or on YouTube.
On Sunday, September 20, Pr. Olaf is the presider, and Pr. Kristin-Luana is the preacher.
Here is the Sermon News:
Image Credit: Ecclesia et Synagoga, circa 1230, Strasbourg Cathedral
Galatians 3:23-5:1: Good News and Bad News
This section of Paul’s letter to the Galatians contains one of the most cherished insights in all of Scripture, and also one of the Bible’s most harmful allegories. Let’s look at the good news first:
“There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Jesus Christ” (Galatians 3:28).
I have cited this verse so many times in my sermons, in my teachings. For me, it contains one of the foundational truths of our faith. God loves all God’s children, no matter what. God does not assess God’s children according to ethnicity or color or status or class or gender.
This section also contains an allegorical interpretation of Abraham’s family. Paul uses Sarah, Abraham’s wife, as a symbol for Christianity, and Hagar, an enslaved Egyptian woman, as a symbol for Judaism. He shows Sarah in the best light and Hagar in the worst.
In the Middle Ages, this allegory was used to justify the persecution of the Jewish minority in Europe.
Learn more about the good news and bad news in Paul’s letter to the Galatians this Sunday, 10 AM at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 745 Front St. S., Issaquah, WA, and on YouTube!
– Pr. Kristin-Luana
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