We are made to want progress, but many times God’s work is happening in ways and places that seem least likely to us. Many early Christians saw Paul’s imprisonment as a devastating blow against the good news of Jesus’ resurrection being spread, but Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi serves as a powerful first-hand reminder that God’s work progresses no matter what.

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We kick off our spring-long study of the book of Philippians with a look at what the opening of the book tells us about how to face personal, external and financial obstacles, and how to pursue deeper friendship through them.

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Over the past month, we have looked at the story of humanity as presented in the Bible. But what do our relationships tell us about where we see ourselves fitting in to this great story? Guest preacher Joel St. Clair leads us through a look at relationships as they were, are and will one day be.

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Within months of Jesus’ crucifixion, the earliest Christians had begun forming relationships that crossed ethnic, religious, cultural and class boundaries in ways the world had never seen before. What did they understand about the cross that made radically diverse relationships spring up in their lives? And are the things they understood still true today?

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Can you imagine someone who is in a legitimate position to condemn you taking your consequences upon themselves instead? That’s the beginning of understanding the biblical concept of atonement. But to understand the gift of atonement more fully, we need to consider who gives it and how it changes us.