An urgent email from your state superintendent suddenly appears in your church office inbox. Upon retrieving it, you gauge how disappointed he is with your progress; how foolish you've been in your spiritual walk; how close you now are to being set adrift. How gut-wrenching; but you're not the first church to receive such a heavy rebuke!
Such was the dilemma the ancient Galatians faced; a significant historic drift examined in this intriguing book: The Wise Galatian with confessions from a foolish one.
With five key concepts harvested from the Apostle Paul's famous letter - all beginning with the letter 'L' and represented by 'Learner's plates', accomplished author Geoffrey Gay explains how we have all been 'foolish Galatians' in two major ways: legalism and/or lawlessness. By commandeering the metaphor of taking a drive down the highway of life, he applies other concepts to arrive at our earthly calling - that of being led by His Holy Spirit.
This little thesis is accompanied by explanatory charts using shades indicating traffic light colours, with the reader coming across roadblocks, detours and rest areas along the way. Fasten your seat belt and come along for the ride.