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NT345 Book Study: Paul’s Letter to the Philippians is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this course, Dr. Robert Sloan takes you verse by verse through Philippians. You’ll explore themes of fellowship, Christ and the gospel, unity in the church, suffering, death, resurrection, justification, and more. You’ll learn the historical background of the city of Philippi and gain context as to why Paul emphasized some things over others in his letter. Dr. Sloan addresses these topics with...

So it’s very important for us to realize that the Philippians are experiencing external pressure. They are experiencing a pressure because of their very Roman-dominant city. And now, one other little fact is that the Philippians are also experiencing anxiety, perhaps, because their friend, their colleague Epaphroditus, they have heard that he is sick, and until he came back to them, they may even have feared that he had died. So all of these factors together—Paul’s imprisonment, the sufferings that