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I marked Philippi with a red arrow for your convenience. :)

Philippi: The place

Here is an excerpt from an awesome little write up on the history of the city of Philippi.

Paul in Philippi

In 49 or 50 AD, the city was visited by the apostle Paul during his second missionary journey. According to the book of Acts, he was guided there by a vision of "a man of Macedonia" (Acts 16:9). Accompanied by Silas, Timotheus, and Luke, Paul preached in Philippi. The Jewish community there seems to have been small, but Paul and his friends found Jewish women gathered at a river to the west of the city on the Sabbath. There Paul baptized Lydia, a purple dye merchant, who invited the missionaries to stay at her home (Acts 16:14-15).

In another account recorded in Acts, Paul drove out an evil spirit from a slave girl who worked as a fortune teller. Her owners became angry and dragged Paul and Silas into the marketplace and complained about them before the magistrates. A crowd joined in the condemnation, and the missionaries were stripped and flogged, then thrown into prison. At midnight, however, a great earthquake came and the prison doors flew open. The jailer nearly killed himself over it, but Paul talked him out of it and converted him. The next morning, the magistrates released Paul and Silas and asked them to leave the city. (Acts 16:16-40)

Paul visited the city on two other occasions, in 56 and 57 AD. The Epistle to the Philippians dates from around 54-55 and shows the immediate impact of Paul's preaching. The subsequent development of Christianity in Philippi is well-attested, notably by a letter from Polycarp of Smyrna addressed to the community in Philippi around 160, and by funerary inscriptions.

You can read the full article at: http://www.sacred-destinations.com/greece/philippi

I have added it to the list of links on the right for future convenience.

Happy reading and God bless!

Philippians: Week 1

This year we are studying the book of Philippians. I will be posting helpful links and study resources as we go along. So keep up!

This is going to be an awesome study, full of encouragement and true challenges to your faith and lifestyle! Philippians is a letter is written by Paul to the believers in Philippi. It is fairly short and can be read easily in one sitting. (which I would encourage you to try)

This week we read and discussed the first 11 verses of chapter 1. (below)

Philippians 1

¹Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus

To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: ² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³ I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, ⁴always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, ⁵ because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. ⁶And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. ⁷It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. ⁸For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. ⁹And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, ¹¹filledwith the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

text source: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=philippians%201&version=ESV

Grad Banquet '09

Emily!!!

Hey ya'll we've got a special wall for Emily! Our High School Graduate of 2009! So bring in some pictures of her and we'll add em to the wall!

Commandments

"What He said."