As I’ve been preaching through Paul’s letter to the Philippians, I would say my most practically helpful commentary has been “Basics for Believers: An Exposition of Philippians” by D.A. Carson. …
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Yesterday I preached on humility, with Philippians 2:5-8 as the text. I was thinking this morning how dangerous compliments and flattery are to the Christian pursuing humility, and how imperative…
Last week, as I prepared to preach from Philippians 2:1-4, I was convicted by the following quote from D.A. Carson: “It is always deeply disturbing to find some professed Christians,…
In yesterday’s sermon, I offered the following paraphrase of Paul’s words in Philippians 1:27-30: “Together, stand firm and strive to live a life that is worthy of the gospel of…
In the first chapter of Philippians Paul mentions the word gospel 6 times. In verse 5 he mentions his and the Philippians’ partnership in the gospel. In verse 7 and…
Before Socrates drank the hemlock poison that was prescribed for his execution, his friend and student Plato quoted him as saying “The hour of departure has arrived, and we go…
At the very end of “The Last Battle,” the final book in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, young Lucy shares her fear of being sent away from good Aslan and…