Today we will only cover two verses of Philippians. But those two verses deal with a subject of great importance to us all, worry.  Worry seems to be most people’s favorite past time. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and […]

Today’s text contains some hints of conflict and tension in the early church. As you have probably already discovered, Christians aren’t exempt from conflict. Unfortunately, there have always been tensions, disagreements, and conflicts in Christ’s church since the beginning. Some of Paul’s letters were even written to confront and resolve various conflicts and confusions within […]

In today’s text (Philippians 3:12-4:1) the Apostle Paul declares to us all that there is a right way and a wrong way to live the Christian life. There are good examples and there are bad examples of what a Christian life should look like. Paul describes some bad examples in today’s text… “For many walk, […]

Have you come to the point in your spiritual life that you have given up your religion for God? What I mean is, have you given up trying to earn God’s favor through religious deeds and instead discovered the wonderful biblical truth of righteousness through faith in Christ? Have you traded in your good works for […]