Sermons on Philippians

Sermons on Philippians

The Peace of God

The Peace of God Philippians 4:4-7 Sunday, December 15, 2024 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Philippians 4:7 (NKJV) 7and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.   Introduction Jesus is called the Prince of Peace, and so peace is an appropriate theme for Advent and Christmas.  The idea of peace is powerful and broad.  There is the peace with God that comes only through Jesus, and there…

The Refiner’s Fire

The Refiner’s Fire Malachi 3:1-4; Philippians 1:3-11 Sunday, December 8, 2024, at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Malachi 3:3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Live, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.   Introduction: The order of the Hebrew Bible was rearranged somewhere around the fourth or fifth century, with Malachi replacing Chronicles at the…

The Mind of Christ

The Mind of Christ Sunday, December 3, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,.. I read recently that the ancients believed that a person could get the “mind of God,” that they learn, or somehow gain, the ability to think like God, to look at life from God’s perspective, which, according to the Old Testament, is very different from the way we view the…

He Emptied Himself

He Emptied Himself Sunday, July 17, 2022 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Philippians 2:5-7  “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.”   Introduction: The Bishop in Les Misérables.  What he did. Some years ago I read…