Sunday, July 25, 2010

Mindset: The Attitude of the Christian Life

To maintain an attitude of unity, love, and humility requires a certain mindset. Philippians 2:1-18

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Personal Faith and Public Consequences

Though faith is often described as personal the reality is that how it is lived has very public consequences. Philippians 1:27-30

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Tension

As Paul considered his future [and remember he was under house arrest with the possibility of imprisonment and even death ahead], he concluded that there were two possibilities. He could live or he could die. Philippians 1:21-26

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Celebration of Freedom

Celebration of Freedom. Galations 5:1, 13-14

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Circumstances: The Trojan Horse of Our Faith

Just as the circumstance of imprisonment became the Trojan Horse placing Paul in the heart of Rome and the Gentile world, our circumstances can become the vehicle for getting the gospel inside the heart of others as they observe our response. Philippians 1:12-20

Sunday, June 20, 2010

The Perfect Prayer for an Imperfect Church

While she is not perfect, and many have a knack for criticizing her, how often do we truly pray for the church? Our association with her? Her role in the world? Philippians 1:1-11

Sunday, June 13, 2010

A Faith That Fails Forward

Failure has a debilitating effect on the human psyche. The promise of God, however, is that failure doesn’t have to be fatal but can be a stepping stone to going forward. Joshua 8