Cameron Oliver joins us for our first Sunday in the park as we continue in our series through the book of Galatians. 

As we begin meeting face to face the mid-week podcasts will become less and less frequent. But one question that each of us should be contemplating is: how has COVID-19 affected the world? Economically? Socially? Spiritually? And what should we pray for and anticipate moving forward? 

What role does the Law play in the grand story of God and humanity? How does it relate to Abraham and the promises given? And how did our relationship with the Law change in Christ? 

As COVID-19 restrictions begin to lift, we find ourselves at a unique and important crossroads in terms of how we structure our lives in discipleship to Jesus. Will we stay focused on what matters most? Or bury our relationship with Jesus under mountains of possessions, busyness, and distraction? 

Paul insists that the Law is holy, righteous, and good. And yet somehow we find ourselves laboring under the "curse" of the Law. What accounts for this phenomenon and how has God rescued us from it? 

Into the drama of COVID-19 comes another explosive layer of tension as George Floyd is murdered by police officers in Minneapolis. What happened was evil, but it still leaves us wondering, how do we navigate the tension and move forward as followers of Jesus? 

Paul continues to call the Galatians back to the only true Gospel, reminding them that the law and its requirements add nothing to what Christ has done. 

Over the last few months we've presented with all sorts of theories on who caused COVID-19 and what God is up to in all that we are experiencing. But how do we sort through it all? Did God bring this to call the world to repentance? Is it part of the end times? How should we navigate all the theories we are presented with? 

Paul insists that the Law plays no role in our salvation or our standing before God, and that righteousness cannot come through the Law. But that leaves us wondering, what is our relationship to the Law?

As we reach two months of shelter in place, Paul reminds us that when we are weak, God's power brings about strength within us. God makes us adequate and gives us the endurance we need to run the race set before us.