07/30/2017
Philippians 2:1-11
Chris Breslin
“We can increasingly resemble Christ in character and in power by following him in his overall style of life … This was the method of his earliest disciples, and it is as valid today as it was then.” –Dallas Willard
“Humility in abstracto can be the grossest pride.” –Karl Barth
“The missionary must be the salt which dissolves in the meat, disappears and dies in it.” –Lesslie Newbigin
So Much of the Privileged Life is About Transcendence by Christena Cleveland (On Being)
Scripture:
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
Wounded Healer by White
Higher Ground by Oatman/Gabriel
May the Mind of Christ My Savior by Wilkinson/Gordon
Steadfast by McCracken
Breathe on Me by Hatch/Gray
Victory in the Lamb by Eader
Doxology
This Week’s Memory Scripture: Philippians 2:1-4
Go further:
Epistle to the Philippians by Karl Barth
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (NICNT) by Gordon Fee
Exploring a missional reading of Scripture: Philippians as a case study (article) by Dean Flemming
Celebration of Discipline, chapter “The Discipline of Celebration” by Richard Foster
Philippians (Two Horizons NT Commentary) by Stephen Fowl
Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, & Mission by Michael Gorman
Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
Theology and Joy by Jürgen Moltmann
Joy and Human Flourishing ed by Miroslav Volf and Justin Crisp
