Deep Connections

After this Sunday, I will pause our series "Your Best Life Ever Now!" for Advent. But this week we will look once more at Philippians in 2025. We gain a window into Paul's personal relationships and how relationships between believers were fostered and treasured in the New Testament time. There were deep and meaningful friendships, some even inseparable. They made generous sacrifices for one another: traveling, giving, caring, learning and suffering together. News and prayers were treasured gifts in the days of foot travel. Surely one of the reasons Paul stood firm as a prisoner was because of good friends. We will consider what the situation was like for them and the shape of Christian friendship. Next week we will begin our Advent series "Grace Required: The Family Tree of Jesus."