This post continues a series of posts with thoughts from Paul’s letter to the Philippians. These posts are personal reflections taken from devotional reading of the book. Paul mentions Timothy and Epaphroditus to the Philippians when writing to them. From Paul's laudatory words, we see that both of these men are examples to the believers …
A Letter from Prison (Philippians, pt 3)
This is the third in a series of posts with thoughts from Paul's letter to the PhilippiansA Letter from Prison (Philippians, pt 1). These posts are personal reflections taken from devotional reading of the book. I have always been captured by Paul's statement in Philippians 2:12-13: Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed …
A Letter from Prison (Philippians, pt 2)
This is the second in a series of posts in which I reflect on Paul's letter to the Philippians. These posts are personal reflections taken from devotional reading of the book. Paul looks at the motivations behind how we live. He wants his readers, and us, to live worthy of the gospel, be like-minded, and …
30-Days of No Complaining Challenge
Nicole Pajer, a freelance columnist for Rolling Stone and The New York Times, discovered something interesting about complaining. After deciding to participate in what she called a “30-days of No Complaining Challenge,” her entire perspective on her circumstances changed. She realized much of what she complained about were “what-if” situations that had not happened yet. …
Shared Joy
This last weekend at Eastbrook Church I continued our series from the Apostle Paul's letter to the Philippians, "Unshackled: Joy Beyond Circumstances." This weekend we continued with Paul's outworking of our kingdom citizenship begun in Philippians 1:27, turning now toward the outworking of our salvation joy in Philippians 2:12-30. I love this passage because it holds …
Matthew Erickson 