DescriptionEvery time the church adopts the surrounding culture's values, it dies a little. Often it is brought to the brink of the grave. In every age, the church has had to wrestle for its very life. Paul's letter to the Philippians cuts across the misplaced values of a self-centered culture. Destroying Our Private Cities, Building Our Spiritual Life is a lay commentary, written in a homiletical and expositional style, that enables readers to hear Paul's argument through Philippians and how the church's flirtation with individualism has affected our faith and the life of the church. The danger of our privatized, modern faith is exposed. Both personal and church-corporate solutions to have "the mind of Christ" are given. Destroying Our Private Cities, Building Our Spiritual Life offers the lay reader insight, and offers pastors and Bible study leaders plenty of expositional depth on Paul's letter to the Philippians.
Destroying Our Private Cites was written for two reasons: One, typically lay-commentaries neglect showing the reader how the author "gets the interpretation," and two, most exegetical commentaries my mother can't dig through. I have written a lay-commentary on Philippians that my mother can read, and one without dumbing-down the exegetical content. A number of popular-styled bible studies and commentaries in the market short-change the reader because the content doesn't show good exegesis, usually neglected at the expense of being readable and popular.
Along with plenty of illustrations, you will find worthwhile exposition for personal study, sermon preparation, or material for Bible classes. In fact, although written at a lay-level, some of the commentary is worthy of being a journal article or included in heavier, academic commentaries.
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