The Gospel Goes To Europe

This morning we begin a very rewarding and yet challenging study in Paul’s epistle to the Philippians. In this little letter that has been called by some, “the epistle of joy”, we discover many practical lessons regarding the Christian life. As in our study of any...

Problems, Praise, and Prayer

Philippians 4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. As Paul is winding down this letter to the church at Philippi, he mentions the concern that he has for two prominent women in the church who were at odds with one another and causing a...

Walking Worthy

Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. Philippi was a Roman colony. Every Roman citizen was dedicated to spreading the Roman culture wherever they lived. To put it in modern...

Not of This World

Philippians 1:1-2 Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul’s letter to the Philippians...

The Gospel of Philemon

In a very private and personal letter, the Apostle Paul writes to the beloved Philemon to receive back a runaway slave, Onesimus, who had since come to faith in Christ. Reminding Philemon of his debt to Paul and seeking the same grace for this fugitive, Paul paint a...

1 Galatians 6:11-18

As we have seen, Paul sent the epistle of Galatians to a church that had been victimized by the leaven of false teaching and legalism. The glorious gospel of the grace of God and the cross of Jesus Christ was being attacked by proponents of a religious system who were...