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Preached in chapel at IWU Monday. My assigned text was Philippians 3:17-21. I. Recap of Philippians Because this is in a series of Monda...

I did a brief study at the beginning of class most mornings this past week . The purpose was half-devotional, half to illustrate the tool of...

The basic elements of this chapter thus far are: Imprisoned at Ephesus? Ephesus at the End Living Worthy of the Gospel And now part IV: ____...

The basic elements of this chapter thus far are: Imprisoned at Ephesus? Ephesus at the End And now part III: ___________ Living Worthy of th...

If you haven't guessed, I really wanted to finish the first Paul book by the 15th, tomorrow. But I keep processing not only the details ...

To follow the thread of this writing project back, the previous post is here . _______________ Imprisoned at Ephesus? Four of the Pauline le...

OK, now I believe I have finished Philippians. You can see the entire Explanatory Notes on Philippians here . Also finished are Explanatory ...

After my great delight at finishing Philippians last week, I went through my posts to collect them and discovered that, apparently, I never ...

And now, the rest of Philippians: _____ 4:10 Now I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that you at this time at last renewed to think about me, in ...

4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say again, rejoice! This verse hearkens back to 3:1, which might as easily have started a conclusion ...

A little late, these were started on Sunday... ______ 4:1 So that, my brothers, beloved and desired, my joy and crown, be standing in this w...

Somewhere, scattered throughout the blog, are posts on Philippians up though 3:16. I'll gather them all together when I'm done as I ...

This is my review of the sixth chapter of N. T. Wright's, Justification: God's Plan and Paul's Vision , Wright's response to...

1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. And if I live in the flesh, this [brings] the fruit of a good work, and which I will c...

3:2 Watch out for the dogs. Watch out for the evil "workers." Watch out for the mutilation ( katatome ) . As we mentioned in relat...