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The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel

The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ holds the answer to the momentous problems facing mankind today. In spite of this, the good news encounters opposition wherever it is proc ...

Keith R. Keyser

2010 Volume 65 Issue 1

Exposition

The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel

Chapter 1: The Gospel’s Progress amidst Opposition and Suffering Section 1: Verses 1-11 Introduction: Greetings ...

Keith R. Keyser

2010 Volume 65 Issue 2

Exposition

The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel

Chapter 1: The Gospel’s Progress Amidst Opposition and Suffering Section 1: Verses 1-11 – Introduction: Greetings, Thankfulness, an ...

Keith R. Keyser

2010 Volume 65 Issue 3

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 4

Chapter 1:The Gospel’s Progress amidst Opposition and Suffering Section 2: Verses 12-26 Paul� ...

Keith R. Keyser

2010 Volume 65 Issue 4

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 5

Chapter 1: The Gospel’s Progress amidst Opposition and Suffering Section 3: Chapter 1. 27 to Chapter 2. 5 Exhor ...

Keith R. Keyser

2011 Volume 66 Issue 1

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 6

Disunity was a problem in the Philippian church, affecting even veteran servants in the fellow-ship, Phil. 4. 2-3. The epistle’s second chapter uses the lives of four men as exampl ...

Keith R. Keyser

2011 Volume 66 Issue 2

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 8

Chapter 2 verses 12-30: THE MIND OF CHRIST LIVED OUT AMONG BELIEVERS The world runs on the principle that man is the measure of all things. People habitually ...

Keith R. Keyser

2011 Volume 66 Issue 4

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 9

The third chapter of Philippians continues Paul’s assault on the self-consuming error that threatened the progress of the gospel. In particular, he demolishes false teaching that ...

Keith R. Keyser

2012 Volume 67 Issue 1

Study

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 10

In order to further discredit false teachers in Philippi, Paul refers to his natural advantages and storied pre-conversion career in Judaism in verses 4-6. ‘He himself possesses ...

Keith R. Keyser

2012 Volume 67 Issue 2

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 11

The gospel goes beyond mere assent to a set of doctrines, and links us to the Creator God through His Son the Lord Jesus Christ. In other words, eternal life is relational and expe ...

Keith R. Keyser

2012 Volume 67 Issue 3

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 12

Paul returns to the theme of the ‘mind’ in verse 15, calling on the believers to share the same viewpoint of striving toward ‘the goal for the prize of the upward call of God ...

Keith R. Keyser

2012 Volume 67 Issue 4

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 13

The passage opens with ‘where-fore’ which refers the reader back to the last section of chapter 3. The coming exhort-ation towards two disagreeing sisters in the assembly is is ...

Keith R. Keyser

2013 Volume 68 Issue 1

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 14

Chapter 4 verses 5-7: EXHORTATION ON PRAYER Having dealt with the disagreement between two prominent sisters in the Philippian assembly, Paul next turns to ex ...

Keith R. Keyser

2013 Volume 68 Issue 2

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 15

The Christian life is not an ivory tower affair – something merely academic that sounds good in theory, but has little effect on one’s practice. The new life in Christ is an et ...

Keith R. Keyser

2013 Volume 68 Issue 3

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 16

Paul’s Contented Gratitude and the Practical Fellowship of the Gospel Chapter 4 verses 10-20 As Paul draws his letter to the Philippians to a close he conscient ...

Keith R. Keyser

2013 Volume 68 Issue 4

Exposition

Philippians: The Joy and Suffering of the Furtherance of the Gospel – Part 17

Chapter 4, verses 21-23: Closing Blessings and Salutations Paul was a worshipper, and his frequent ascriptions of praise towards the Lord flowed from his Christocentric wa ...

Keith R. Keyser

2014 Volume 69 Issue 1

Exposition

Things That Concern Us – Part 5

Your moderation, 4. 5 The word ‘moderation’ means gentleness, and has been rendered ‘yielded-ness’, or ‘sweet reasonableness’, which is identified as a trait o ...

Fred Whitelock

2021 Volume 76 Issue 4

Devotional

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