When two people are at odds and you want to step in and help reconcile them, what exactly is your goal? At the beginning of Philippians 4 we learn from Paul's example how to bring waring parties together.

What do you do when you have strong disagreements with someone at church? That can tear a church family apart or it can solidify church unity depending on how you handle it. In the last podcast we found that we don't have to adopt the same opinions, as long as we have the right attitude. In today's episode, we'll look a little deeper into what that attitude looks like.

Not many problems in life cause more intense anxiety than broken relationships. Today we begin a passage with pricless instruction on how to handle that.

In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul says trying to imagine what your resurrected body will be like is like trying to figure out what a tree will look like by examining the seed. It can't be done. But what can be done is imagine the things God has revealed about what it will be like. Let's do that today.

How often do you think about the Second Coming? Does your knowledge of end times have an impact on your daily life?

Philippians 3:20 says that if you know Christ, your citizenship is in heaven. What practical difference should that information make in the way you live your life today? It may be more than you think—especially when it comes to your anxiety level.

Are you disgusted by the people in our culture who oppose the Cross of Christ and live in unrepentant, blatant immorality, flaunting their disobedience in God's face-- It's good to be indignant over that. But it's also important that right alongside that indignation, we have compassion, so that when we confront those people, we do it with tears.

Can you imagine if Jesus appeared to you and told you that you're doing something in your life that is making you an enemy of the cross-- You're undermining the work he accomplished in the way you're living. That's the shocking language Paul uses in Philippians 3 to describe a group of people in the Philippian church.

Is there a part of your Christian life where you're really struggling, where you'd love to make a lot more progress than you've made so far-- Can you name one person in the church who does especially well in that area-- If not, you may be missing out on an invaluable tool for spiritual growth. And you may be disobeying the command in Philippians 3-17.

Philippians 3-16 promises if you live up to what you already know from Scripture, God will make more spiritual truth clear to you-things that aren't clear now. But first you to sync up your life with your Bible knowledge. Is there any part of your life that is out of sync with what you claim to believe--