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10 mins read|04/07/19
Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11 (Sunday of the Passion: Series C)
It is an ineffable mystery that God suffers, and our preaching must bear out that mystery. One can only emphasize that God is truly man and that God suffers and dies on account of the personal union. But we do not emphasize the suffering apart from the divine nature, or as if the divine nature was not fully His at particular moments. The personal union causes us to deal with the whole Christ. -
10 mins read|03/31/19
Epistle: Philippians 3:(4b-7) 8-14 (Lent 5: Series C)
The texts compel us to deal with the “new thing” (Isa.43:18) that God is doing, namely, preaching the righteousness of faith to all nations. God’s judgment of justification is now for all. It has nothing to do with the flesh and everything to do with faith. -
9 mins read|03/10/19
Epistle: Philippians 3:17-4:1 (Lent 2: Series C)
Everything in the text sets up the polarity of earth and heaven, mortification and glorification, humiliation and exaltation. We preach the cross, because it is the only way to glory. Just look at Jesus, who set His face toward Jerusalem, endured the cross, despising its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of power, with all things under His feet. -
14 mins read|12/09/18
Epistle: Philippians 4:4-7 (Advent 3: Series C)
We enter into the brief respite of the penitential season of Advent with the call “Gaudate!” The theme of rejoicing appears beautifully in our Epistle and in the Old Testament from Zephaniah. -
12 mins read|12/02/18
Epistle: Philippians 1:2-11 (Advent 2: Series C)
The Epistle aligns perfectly with the Advent proclamation of Christ’s coming (Mal. 3:2). God Himself is making ready the church for “the day of Jesus Christ” (1:6); He will make them “blameless for the day of Christ” (1:10).
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