Week 6

"How To Be A Philippian."

Key Text

Philippians 1:1-4:23

Main Ideas

• The Bible Project, "Philippians"

• What are three of the main ideas that emerge from the letter to the Philippians?
• Whare are some obstacles to people following these ideas today?
• What would it look like for an individual to model these ideas from Philippians in his or her life?
• What would it look like for the church to model these ideas from Philippians in its life?
• Pick a verse from Philippians and illustrate it with emoji on your phone.
• Find the Philippians image from Joseph Novak's The Minimum Bible. Draw your own image that represents the Letter to the Philippians. 
• What belongs on a 10-song playlist that represents the Letter to the Philippians?

Footnotes

Context of this Study

This page was created as supplementary notes to a six-week bible study on Philippians at Life Church in Midlothian, Texas. The in-class handout is available here [pdf download].

For Further Study

• N.T. Wright's Paul for Everyone: The Prison Letters 
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• The IVP New Testament Commentary (IVPNTC) (the Philippians volume is by Gordon Fee) [read for free at BibleGateway.com]
• Frank Thielmans, New International Version Application Commentary (NIVAC) on Philippians
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• The Tyndale New Testament Commentary by Ralph Martin (TNTC, originally published in 1958, reprinted in the 2000s).

•  For more general book recommendations for Biblical and Theological Studies, see BibTheoTools.Tumblr.com, BibTheo.com/bibliography, BibTheo.com/Commentaries.