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Dec 30, 2018 4:45 AM America/Los_Angeles

Fellowship in the Gospel

As we come to the end of our series through the book of Philippians, we are brought again to the major theme of the entire letter: fellowship in the Gospel. As Paul gives his final greetings, we see three core realities of what fellowship in the Gospel lo

Dec 23, 2018 4:45 AM America/Los_Angeles

Stewardship

As Paul wraps up his letter to the Philippians, he thanks his friends for their generous support and takes some time to encourage them to rightly handle money. In this passage, Paul gives two general guidelines of good stewardship: satisfaction in Jesus a

Dec 16, 2018 4:45 AM America/Los_Angeles

Peace Makers

When it comes to sharing life together in the church, conflict is not a question of “if” but of “when”. But how are we to resolve conflict? Instead of faking peace or breaking peace, we are called to move towards making peace. And here, Paul gives

Dec 9, 2018 4:45 AM America/Los_Angeles

Press In and Press On

Christians find themselves living in a weird in-between time period, where on the one hand, they are saved in Christ, but on the other hand, they have not yet fully experienced salvation. Theologians call this in-between time period the "already-not yet".

Dec 2, 2018 4:45 AM America/Los_Angeles

True Confidence

Our passage is on Philippians 3:1-11. Here, Paul begins a new section, and talks to the church about the issue of false Jewish teachers who are advocating circumcision of the flesh as a requirement to be accepted as God’s people. We will see through Pau

Nov 25, 2018 4:45 AM America/Los_Angeles

Godly Leadership

With this passage, we see what godly Christian leaders look like. They look like Jesus, in that godly leaders are selfless and godly leaders are sacrificial. And in response to the godly leaders we have in our lives, we are are to rejoice over them and we

Nov 18, 2018 4:45 AM America/Los_Angeles

Work Out Your Salvation

With this passage, we see that as Christians, we are to pursue sanctification by our effort through God's power. And we pursue sanctification in order to brightly stand out before the world and to rightly stand up before Christ.

Nov 11, 2018 4:45 AM America/Los_Angeles

The Humility of Christ

In this passage, we arrive at one of the most beautiful descriptions of humility seen in Christ. With this passage, Paul exhorts Christians to have the same humility as Christ, as it is seen in his incarnation and in his crucifixion. Humility is the way o

Nov 4, 2018 4:45 AM America/Los_Angeles

United We Stand

Here in our passage, Paul reminds us of our Christian citizenship. As Christian citizens, we are to live in line with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. WHAT that looks like is standing firm in unity before a hostile world full of tempting compromises. WHY we do

Oct 28, 2018 5:45 AM America/Los_Angeles

To Live is Christ

In our passage, we see that though Paul is still in prison, he is supremely confident of his deliverance. While many today may assume the deliverance he speaks of is freedom from prison, we see that true deliverance in Paul's eyes is the ability to live h

Oct 21, 2018 5:45 AM America/Los_Angeles

The Advancing Gospel

In this passage, we see the Gospel advance in an unexpected way while Paul is in prison. Unplanned inconveniences are unexpected opportunities for the unstoppable Gospel to advance. We need to recognize and embrace those life interruptions as God-given me