Author: City of Refuge

Philippians 3:17-4:1 When I left home for the first time it was to go to college. I was 17 years old when we packed the family car and drove from Richmond, VA to Baton Rouge, LA. I remember watching my parents drive off a day after they had gotten me set up in my dorm room,...

Philippians 3:12-16 Last week we discussed Paul’s famous statement in Philippians 3, “what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.” There is an exchange that is essential for transformation; those things that were important, that made up my identity, my pride, my hope and strength, those things must become unimportant...

In II Corinthians 5 Paul wrote “if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” In I Corinthians 13 Paul wrote, “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I...

Philippians 2:12-30 “Do all things without complaining and disputing.” Most of us have had this verse quoted to us at some point in our lives. This verse is used most often as a reaction to complaints rather than being proactive to prevent them. It has been quoted from parents to children, teachers to students, employers to...

Philippians 2:12-18 The call to unity through humility culminated with Jesus as our example of both mindset and activity. The mind of Christ is the conviction that considers others more significant than ourselves and the fruit of that conviction is obedience to the call of God, it is never thinking too highly of ourselves but...