Why is Galatians about Freedom? With Rev. Adina Meyer

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My New Testament professor Dr. Nijay Gupta has written much about Galatians and is endlessly fascinated by Paul's letter. I didn't exactly understand why this angry letter was so important. Like many Christians, I usually favored Ephesians and Philippians, maybe Timothy, but Galatians? Why? It is pivotal as an early window into the first major crisis in the early church in which Paul had to intervene: the relationship between Jewish and Gentile Christians. My friend Rev. Adina Meyer just finished a series of sermons on Galatians, so she is the perfect person to discuss our changing views of the letter and why it is so important.

References: 
Nijay K. Gupta, "Galatians - The Story of God Commentary", 2023.
Scot McKnight, "James and Galatians - New Testament Everyday Bible Study", 2022.
Brigette Kahl,  "Galatians Re-Imagined", 2010
J Louis Martyn, "Galatians - The Anchor Bible series", 1997