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Originally Posted by tdowns007  Anyone care to read this article; Perspective Online: Galatians - One family of Faith
And help me to pinpoint its validness, or, error...it mentions, Wright, and discusses Galatians, which is a book, my Sunday School Class is about to go through. The person leading us through Galations, sent me the article, so, I want some feedback on it.
It's short.
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IMHO, there is no doubt that this article takes an NPP perspective. One of the problems I see in this article is the division he tries to make based on the "we", "us" and "you" scenario. There is no real support in the article to make the leap that Paul is making such sharp divisions. Also his argument regarding the law is way too narrow. It appears that he is reading Galatians in isolation from the rest of Scripture. He needs to go back to Rom 2. Paul does not limit the law to the Jews alone. All have an a priori knowledge of the law, Jews and Gentiles alike. All are under the curse (Rom 5). So his comment:
"gentile Christian … been redeemed from the curse of God’s law? Is that the key to your inclusion in the Kingdom? No. Because you were never under the curse of the law. That was Israel’s distinct privilege – and danger." doesn't hold up.
The rest of the article pretty much falls in line with NPP thought and is not the Reformed position at all.