What is the relationship between the law and the promises of God? If the law is not a means of salvation, what purpose does it serve? How does the law point us to Christ? What does the law reveal to us? What are its limitations? How does faith in Jesus accomplish what the limitations of the law could not?

Why does Paul uses the analogy of a guardian slave and a master’s son to describe the relationship between the law and the believer? Why does Paul also use the analogy of a son and his inheritance as a minor? What happens when the faith of Christ enters the picture? What were the days, months, seasons, and years mentioned in Galatians 4:10? Why did Paul warn the Galatians about going back to slavery?

What does Paul mean by freedom in Christ? In what way are we free? What are we freed from? Does freedom in Christ mean we disregard the law? Can legalism or indulgence in sin be true freedom? Why would circumcision cause one to fall from grace and lose Christ?

Who are the children of promise? Does God predestine some to be saved while others are lost? How can we interpret Romans chapter 9, especially the passages about Pharaoh, Jacob and Esau? Are there people God hates? Does God have the right to show mercy and compassion to some while not to others? How can we clear up misunderstandings about this passage?

Who are God’s chosen people? Does one’s lineage have any role to play in the plan of salvation? Has God completely abandoned Israel? What hope is there for Gentiles and Jews? How does Paul’s metaphor with the wild and good olive trees help clarify this point? Will God save biological descendants of Abraham in the last days? What is meant by the blindness of Romans 11 and strong delusion? Does God pick and choose who he wants to be lost?