by Eric Spivey | Jul 11, 2019 | General Info, Resources
One of our great passions at Vintage is planting churches, and we’re incredibly excited to be launching our fourth Vintage church location, Vintage Church West, in January of 2020. We’ve had an eye west of 440 for a while now, specifically out towards...
by Eric Spivey | Jun 24, 2019 | Obey Love
Passage Intro Don’t miss the antecedent; otherwise this passage is pretty confusing. When Paul starts with “Not that I have already obtained this,” the “this” is the resurrection. He’s just continuing his thought from verse 11. Here Paul says that he is living his...
by Eric Spivey | Jun 24, 2019 | Obey Love
Passage Intro Paul starts a new section here in chapter 3, returning to a familiar content point for many of his letters. Paul was frequently running in a specific heresy in the church proposed by folks we call the Judaizers. These people wanted to tack Jesus onto the...
by Eric Spivey | Jun 19, 2019 | Obey Love
Passage Intro That “therefore” at the start of this section means everything we’re going to talk about this week is based on what we talked about last week. “Therefore” looks back to Christ’s example of humility, his glorification, and most immediately, the fact that...
by Eric Spivey | Jun 19, 2019 | Obey Love
Passage Intro Paul is switching gears starting in chapter 2. Up until now he has opened with a greeting and updated the Philippians on how he’s been doing in prison; his reflections in 1:12-30 show he’s staying focused and encouraged despite the circumstances. Now he...
