And we have learned that the church honors differently than the world does.  Read More

If you have ever lived on a military base - you know you follow the rules. Philippi was a colony filled with retired soldiers.  Read More

When God became incarnate in human flesh – that was the most humble thing He could have done. He really does love us that he humbled himself that low.  Read More

Chapter Two opens quietly, but it is anything but soft.   Read More

he doesn’t care if the preaching is from false motives (against Paul) or true motives. Who cares — as long as Christ is being preached (v. 18).  Read More

And yet — when faced with rivals trying to increase his distress — he shrugs it off.  Read More

In the Roman world, teachers operated in competitive environments.   Read More

Prison did not look like progress. It looked like defeat. So, Paul frames the paragraph with a deliberate corrective disclosure.  Read More

I have been preaching for months now that our Holy Spirit - our Advocate - He is who helps us discern what is best.   Read More

OK – so yesterday I called it Day One – but we should have actually been on Day Two (On Monday I posted generic stuff about the challenge.)  Read More

Philippi isn’t a fragile church plant anymore. It’s established with a defined structure and sounds stable. It made me go back to Acts 16 and remember how all began.  Read More

Hey blog readers, I decided to try something challenging...  Read More