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In our final week on verse 8 ("and being found in human form, He became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross"), we meditate and explore what it means to preach the Cross.

Join Jeff & Steph for this week's conversation on The Better Surrender: A Meditation on Philippians 2:5-11

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Our journey through the early church hymn recorded in Philippians 2:5-11 finds us joyfully stuck on verse 8 for a third week in a row: "And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."

The cross is not only God's upside-down means to redeem suffering, it is also the supreme revelation of His love—which is categorically different than the cheap, Hallmark rom-com love we generally think of.

Listen to Part 8 of "The Better Surrender: The Supreme Revelation of God's Love" now

As we meditate on Philippians 2:5-11 this season, Jeff & Steph have parked, pitched their tents (and whatever other metaphor you can think of) on verse 8: "And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross."

Hang out here with us in this week's episode, "The Cross & Suffering."

"And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross."

Paul emphasizes the kind of death Jesus died for a reason—it matters for our redemption. Jeff & Steph hit Philippians 2:8 in Part VI of THE BETTER SURRENDER, our third season of THE BETTER BEAUTIFUL.

It is our gift and privilege to stare at the Man Christ Jesus—the Better Beautiful—in wonder, and adore Him all our days. Join us for another conversation doing just that this week.

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We arrive this week at verse 8 in this staggering hymn of the early church (Phil. 2:5-11):

"And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."

Join Jeff & Steph and ponder these words with wonder; we will never graduate from this truth. We will never wrap our minds around what this verse conveys. But we may allow it to lead us to the Cross, and behold Him there.

Listen to Part V of The Better Surrender now, right here in the FAI App