Topic

philippians

14 pieces

When worry crowds in, an old letter offers a different way to carry it.

Bible study

Scripture does not tell us to stop feeling anxious; it tells us where to take the anxiety.

Bible study

A short passage in Philippians offers a plain instruction for the mind that will not settle.

When worry crowds the mind, Paul points not to a feeling but to a practice.

Paul's letter to the church at Philippi answers worry not with comfort alone, but with a practice.

Questions

Paul promises that God will meet all your needs, and many believers have starved; the tension deserves an honest answer rather than a quick one.

Paul's command against anxiety comes with instructions, and the instructions are what make it possible.

Paul describes the Christian life as a race that is still being run, and the picture fits the first day of a new month.

Paul lists his impeccable credentials and then writes them off in a single verse.

Paul pairs a command and a promise so tightly that neither makes sense without the other.

The hymn at the heart of Philippians ends with the name above every name.

Living

A Saturday practice for seeing your circumstances the way Paul saw his prison.

The best known sentence in Philippians is not a slogan but the conclusion of a man weighing his own death.

Paul opens his most affectionate letter with a promise about who finishes what God starts.