INTRO - It might had surprised you last week to learn that Paul introduced people-pleasing as the key theme of his letter to the Galatians. We discussed the matter of Galatian people succumbing to the people-pleasing temptations associated with a false gospel which was no gospel at all. Do you recall…

An old fable that has been passed down for generations tells about an elderly man who was traveling with a boy and a donkey. As they walked through a village the man was leading the donkey and the boy was walking behind. The townspeople said the old man was a fool for not riding, so to please them he…