commendation reminds the church today that life in Christ will express itself in many concrete practices, not least of which is mutual giving and receiving with thanksgiving and prayer to God. In summary, running through Paul’s Letter to the Philippians are the themes of Christ as at once humble Lord and supreme paradigm of Christian life; of unity in Christ that overcomes the forces of dissension; of a readiness to suffer for the sake of the gospel that does not rob us of joy in Christ; of the radical