Also by this author: Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter
Published by Good Book Company on April 1, 2025
Genres: Non-Fiction, Christian Life, Devotional
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Seven-session Bible study on Galatians that will guide your head and your heart through God's word. Best-selling Bible-study guides with over 1 million sold!
This seven-session Bible study on Galatians by Timothy Keller will excite Christians about the gospel and help them apply it to every aspect of their lives.
The Galatian church was torn between the view that their efforts saved them and the gospel, which told them that it was Christ's work that mattered. The choice still confronts us today, making this a hugely relevant and exciting book to study.
Each session will draw you to look closely at the Bible text and apply it meaningfully to your everyday life. It includes questions that open up discussion, optional personal reflections and a concise Leader’s Guide.
Flexible and easy to use, Good Book Guides are perfect for both groups and individuals.
Features:
Written by a trusted Bible teacher
Covers the entire book of Galatians in seven sessions
Thoughtful questions that get to the heart of the text and apply it meaningfully to your life
Discussion prompts
Leader’s Guide with insights on every question
Optional extra sections if you have more time, including prayer prompts and icebreaker ideas
This is a reissued edition of an existing Bible study by Timothy Keller. It is part of the Good Book Guide study series, which connects with the series of biblical commentaries from the same publisher. Keller wrote Galatians for You, and this study can work as a companion guide to that book, or as a standalone. It is also suitable for either group studies or individual use. There are leader notes in the back, and each section includes questions for group discussion, but someone can go through the study independently.
This guide helps people read through and study the book of Galatians, and it includes a summary of Galatians so far, basic observation questions about each new reading, some interpretive questions, and optional further reading elsewhere in the Bible. There are also personal application suggestions and questions. This is a solid study, but one of its weaknesses is that it doesn’t include more historical and cultural insight into the context of Galatians.
I prefer Bible studies that include some teaching and explanation from the author before or after you dive into the questions, and the absence of that is a downside of this being a companion to the commentary. It makes the book less effective as a standalone, particularly for people who aren’t already well-versed with the Bible, and who would need more to help orient them.
Galatians: Gospel Matters is a theologically solid, gospel-focused Bible study that can help people better understand and apply the truths in the book of Galatians. However, because this is a companion guide to a full-length exegetical commentary, this sometimes felt a bit vague to me, and like something was missing. Even though this works as a standalone and doesn’t require the other book, it appeals to me less than Bible studies that I have used.