We Are the Circumcision | Philippians 3:1-3

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ErfJ4Z2zvopXqqBAKTSSb?si=58e55b0ea2ee4113 Study Guide Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you. Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit …

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Of Timothy & Epaphroditus | Philippians 2:19-30

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3tNs8qofF4cwqUArkOFaoF?si=681bfcb2111d4711 Study Guide I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I may be cheered by news of you. For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know …

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Shine as Lights in the World | Philippians 2:14-18

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2l88oFDIAjROdSQ60tY9qC?si=da29c8a82af4402e Study Guide Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I …

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Work Out Your Own Salvation | Philippians 2:12-13

https://open.spotify.com/episode/49mb19ctHZ3qaEuUtogXNp?si=5db9bee61251454a Study Guide Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 ESV   …

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So I Hated Life | Ecclesiastes 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRjYb8rgfRg&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRbLqolyk-opLESoBoyJhOF&index=2 In chapter one, Ecclesiastes’ author, the Preacher (most likely Solomon), wrote us a poem about the vanity of everything under the sun. He observed the endless repetitions of the sun, wind, and seas and realized that we are same. Like the sea never fills, so our ears never hear enough. Like the sun continues …

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Joy in Christ

To Die Is Gain | Philippians 1:21

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1RfZSUWUgq7ShoTTk2Ig37?si=6c50721f46b94212 Study Guide For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21 (ESV)   Having studied the immediate passage containing verse 21, we have embarked upon a two-part excursus into mining out the meanings of that verse’s two phrases. Thus, in our previous study, we attempted to explain and apply …

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To Live Is Christ | Philippians 1:21

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4A9f6ngWkYOGOha7ssVG4S?si=3bd81a46ae7b4251 Study Guide For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21 (ESV)   Having studied verse 21 in its context, I am still compelled to wade further into the waters of this profound sentence. I’m calling this two week study an excursus because we are veering off the consecutive …

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Advancing the Gospel | Philippians 1:12-18

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0dnvb1vcgXAW8IVXo3NMhx?si=6da1ea10db6d421a Study Guide I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord …

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Guardians of Unity

After discussing the responsibilities and qualifications of elders, we now move on to the second office within the church: deacons. The ideas and traditions behind the roles and responsibilities of deacons are vast, diverse, and unfortunately often unbiblical. Much of this comes from the Bible’s implicit, rather than explicit, teaching on deacons; even so, the …

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Praying Like Paul | Philippians 1:9-11

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MclVO7lDwrfxkUCVpJRuL?si=Pc-tSZ-yQfGF8jFlw0cj2Q Study Guide And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and …

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