The Benefits and Tension Points of Holiness

Today we are going to jump back into our study of Philippians which has just been awesome so far.  If you remember, we closed out the first section of this study of Paul’s letter talking about a challenge from Paul to not complain.  We also saw that there is a bit of a natural change in what Paul was talking about to what he is going to start sharing with us here moving forward in this letter.  We . . . Read More »

The Ramifications of Our Words

So today will actually end the first section of our study on the book of Philippians entitled The Ultimate Guide to Life & Love.  You may be thinking, wait a minute, we are only in Philippians 2, and you are right…after Easter we will continue this study, in a new section that we are calling, “Choices.”  That is going to be a lot of fun as Paul really challenges us on important choices we should be making in . . . Read More »

The One Thing That Proves You Love God

8 [Jesus] humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. 9 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 12 Dear friends, you always . . . Read More »

Working Out Your Salvation

Today we continue our first big conversation called The Ultimate Guide to Life and Love, our big study of Philippians and today I get a chance to talk to you about something that is often missing in our spirituality.  In so many ways what we are talking about today can be the missing ingredient to so many Christian lives in our culture today.  It can also be something that many Christians misunderstand, and because it’s either misunderstood or . . . Read More »

Are You Making Things Harder Than They Need To Be?

Today we continue our study of Philippians by looking at a new section of Scripture! Believe it or not, after four weeks studying Philippians 2:1-4 we are now moving on and I want you to know as we get started today, that what we are diving into, is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most moving passages Paul ever wrote about Jesus.  How is that for an exciting build up to a section of Scripture!  . . . Read More »