Christ Central

Philippians 2:19-30

Visiting speaker Andy Arscott from Dorchester Family Church concludes our series on Paul’s letter to the Philippians by considering the examples of Paul’s team mates, Timothy and Epaphroditus. He challenges us on the extent to which Jesus Christ is influencing us, and using our everyday lives to magnify his influence in the world.

Philippians 1:3-11

What is God’s priority for our lives? Andrew Sampson shows how God’s ultimate purpose is to make us more like Jesus, so that all the glory and praise go to him. Coming to appreciate God’s ultimate purpose for our lives is profoundly liberating, as it makes it possible for us to take failure, disappointment and suffering in our stride.

Paul has learned the secret of being content in every circumstance. Mere bold assertion or is their some substance?

In the next part of our Christ Central series Matt Leach looks what could lie behind this and how we might step toward this in our own lives.

Philippians 4:4-9

In this passage, Paul calls upon us to take our private seriously, and to seek to cultivate an inner life which is characterised by peace rather than anxiety. Drawing upon Paul’s words in this passage, along with Gordon MacDonald’s book, ‘Ordering Your Private World’, Andrew Sampson examines two ‘pathways to peace’, namely prayer and a life centred on Jesus Christ.

Speaking from Philippians 3, Ben describes how our hope for eternity shapes our day to day life.

In this autobiographical passage, the apostle Paul sets out with startling clarity just how much Jesus means to him. Andrew Sampson invites us to consider two questions in the light of Paul’s remarks. What is it that makes Jesus so special? And what difference does it make when you value Jesus above all else?

In this first message of our new preaching series, Andrew Sampson
introduces the main themes of Paul’s letter to the Philippians. He
focuses on verse 21 as a summary statement of what the Christian life is
all about: ‘For me to live is Christ.’