Working out our own salvation (Philippians 2:12) requires knowledge just like any other task. What knowledge do we need to do that work? Here are a few thoughts to get you started!

At some point in every endeavor, you pause and take stock of your effort. "Is it worth it? Why am I toiling? What have I really accomplished?"

Sometimes this comes from a place of struggle and discouragement. God knows this about us, and He knows that will happen in the Christian walk. Listen to a message about why we can ceaselessly, fearlessly, and gratefully live a life of hope.

It seems like the prominent pattern in religion is for the church to have responsibilities toward the members. "What can the institution do for me?"

While it isn't an exhaustive study, this lesson does make inroads against the teaching the the church is some kind of service organization. Rather, Christians are bound by our Redeemer with tangible responsibilities to our local congregation.

Why are we here? That's not an existential question, but, rather, a question about why God chose to save Christians and then leave them here on this earth rather than immediately take them into heaven. What should Christians be doing here? It's not a very long list.

Suffering is common to the human condition, but there is a type of suffering from which we benefit: suffering for righteousness' sake. We can prepare ourselves for that type of suffering by taking on the mind of Christ.

Jacob was significantly transformed by God's work in his life. It seems like just a few chapters to us, but for him it was an entire lifetime. Are you being transformed? God can do the same work in us if we allow Him.

We're all working to be productive, working to avoid pain, working to gain comfort, but we know those things are not ends in themselves. Once we reach those goals, we come up with new goals! There is only one true Purpose for all of our toil, and unless we work with and for Him, all of that work is vanity.

Christians have work to do, but what is that work? Is it required? Listen as we investigate what it means for a Christian to do the required work.

Rank and value in God's kingdom is totally different from that in the kingdom(s) of men. This isn't just an academic point but a matter of choosing how to live. We will either live and act as a citizen of God's kingdom or of man's.

It's easy to spot hypocrisy in others and attack it, but what does it look like when we're guilty of it? Maybe if we see how insidious and dangerous it is, we will understand why Jesus spoke so strongly against it.