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A very brief introduction to Philippians (5 minutes, 46 seconds)

Craig Keener — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 01:19:00 +0000

This is a very brief introduction and overview for Philippians: https://youtu.be/O_qabQHr-nU

Thanks to my niece Kayla for helping me figure out how to mix power point and video!

Verses out-of-context, part 2

Craig Keener — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 01:36:37 +0000

The verses and phrases often taken out of context, addressed in this 8-minute video, include, “Lift Jesus higher”; “you are God’s temple”; “when the perfect has come”; “I can do all things through Christ”; “baptized in fire”

I can do all things through Christ — Philippians 4:13

admin — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:06:31 +0000

A football player at a Christian college approached his Bible professor, greatly troubled. His coach had encouraged the team that they could “do all things through Christ who strengthens” them, citing Philippians 4:13. Yet the team had lost a few games, and the student was unable to fathom why his team was not always winning, since they “could do all things through Christ.” The problem, of course, is not with the text, but with the view that the player and apparently his coach had read into the verse. The football player was assuming that Paul had in view matters like winning football games.

Thanking the Philippians for sending him a love-gift (4:10, 14), Paul noted that he had learned contentment with both little and with much (4:12); he could do all things through Christ (4:13). In this context, he is saying that by Christ’s strength he could rejoice whether he had much or little. Today we should learn to rejoice in whatever our situation, knowing that Christ strengthens us to endure: whether persecution, ridicule, or even losing a football game.