Paul continues to strive with the Philippians and with us to pursue true unity within the fellowship of believers as something of paramount importance for the broader community and to be nurtured within individual believers.
Paul continues to exhort the Philippian church to live a life of love and good deeds. This is first for one another, but also for the watching world that desperately needs the hope of Jesus Christ.
In a perfect distillation of the Gospel we see that Christ's emptying of himself and subsequent filling is the source of our own fullness and the model for our life.
Though on trial for his life, Paul models for the believer a singular Gospel focus that transcends circumstance and manifests in the world in courage and self forgetfulness.
As Philippines continues Paul explains his current situation: rival preachers, being bound in prison, community growth and the spread of the gospel. This short section of Philippians packs a power punch as we get an inside look into Paul’s gospel...
An introduction to the book of Philippians, an incredible story of the Gospel that heals and unites a broken people in order that they might together bring this good news to the world!
As God calls his people both generally and specifically into his service, we explore the implications of this call for our lives.
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