Philippians 2:3-4 Today, we are looking at Philippians Chapter 2, verses 3 and 4.  Last week, if you remember, we looked at the first two verses in Philippians Chapter 2, and we saw in them Paul’s emphasis of the importance of church unity.  These verses are flowing out of the strong imperative from that section that makes up Chapter 1 verses 27…

Philippians 2:1-2 Please turn in your Bibles to Philippians 2.  A couple of weeks ago, I was having a conversation with a brother in the church and we were talking about our frustrations with everything going on in society right now.  But we were also productively asking the questions about what we were learning because of this whole COVID crisis and all…

Philippians 1:29-30

Philippians 1:27-28 It is a joy to be back in the Book of Philippians once again, even though the circumstances are not as great of a joy.  But it is a joy, nonetheless.  This passage that we’re going to be looking at today—and next week and the next couple of weeks also—I think is especially helpful, and it speaks a special word,…

Philippians 1:24-26 Please turn in your Bibles to Philippians Chapter 1.  We are going to be continuing through this passage, which is a Part 2 to last week’s sermon.  This morning’s passage also comes directly out of that well-known saying that Paul makes in verse 21.  Let’s quickly remind ourselves of this context which we are studying today.  Let’s look at the…

Philippians 1:21-23 What a joy it is to be back with you again today in this book.  It’s been a while, so we are going to spend the first couple of moments reminding ourselves of what Paul has been saying to us in the previous verses.  Of course the best way to remind us of that is by reading some of these…

Philippians 1:18-21             It is a tremendous joy to be back in the Book of Philippians.  I really enjoyed studying this week and looking at this passage and thinking through this passage.  As we mentioned before, this book is often referred to as the “Epistle of Joy” because terms like “joy” and “rejoice” are found comparatively much more often in this book—16…

Philippians 1:15-18 I am so grateful again today to be in Philippians Chapter 1 to continue from last week.  If you remember, last week we talked about the unbelievable reality that wherever God has you is where he wants you in order to be carrying out the work of evangelism and discipleship he has for you—that you are to be serving with…