Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me greet you. All ...

Working through Paul's letter to the Jesus believers at Philippi, I came across a Greek verb that caught my interest: apecho . It is a ...

Now you Philippians know also that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me concerning givin...

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last your care for me has flourished again; though you surely did care, but you lacked opport...

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things ...

I think of eternity with God as something like the vision of God in His temple in Isaiah 6. The seraphim about Him cry out to one another,...

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the pea...

Every good story has a beginning, a middle and an end. Consider for a moment the story of the kingdoms of this world that can be told in th...

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. (Philippians 4:4-5) The...

Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved. I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche...

[He] will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdu...

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philippians 3:20) Paul wants the ...

Some thoughts culled from my random file. Some have occurred to me moments of quiet reflection, some in discussion with others, and a coupl...

The gospel is the good news about the kingdom of God and how Jesus of Nazareth fulfills the story of Israel. The name “Jesus” and the terms...

Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you a...

I understand my life to be a fellowship “with” God, a partnership in a “father and son” way. There is a saying, attributed to John Wesley, ...

Following Jesus is not just something we make room for in our lives, as if we work it into our busy schedule. It is a complete reorientatio...

For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is ...