Philippians
About This Class
Gain a comprehensive understanding of Philippians through Dr. Cohick’s class by exploring its historical setting, literary structure, major themes, and practical application for Christian life. Discover how Christ’s incarnation, humility, suffering, and return shape salvation, discipleship, unity, joy, and spiritual growth. This course examines gospel partnership, Christian citizenship, perseverance, prayer, contentment, generosity, reconciliation, and God’s grace, showing how believers participate in Christ’s mission while awaiting his return.
About the Professor
Lynn Cohick
Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Director of Houston Theological Seminary at Houston Christian University. She is a well-respected scholar and highly sought-after speaker who has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited over fifty works. Dr. Cohick has delivered a keynote address in the main concert hall of the Sydney Opera House, and she has preached a Sunday morning service in a Masai mud hut in the Rift Valley near Mai Mahu (Kenya). She enjoys speaking and teaching on New Testament topics and women in the church and exploring issues on the historical relationship between Jews and Christians.
Lessons
- Learn how Philippi’s Roman, Greek, Jewish, and religious background illuminates Paul’s teaching on citizenship, honor, suffering, and partnership in Christ throughout Philippians.0% Complete
- Understand why Paul wrote Philippians, how the letter teaches partnership, joy, humility, suffering, and life in Christ’s kingdom opposed to Roman values.0% Complete
- Discover how Christ’s self-giving life, death, exaltation, and return shape Christian joy, unity, spiritual growth, and participation in God’s saving work through union with Christ.0% Complete
- Paul’s greeting in Philippians reveals Christian identity, service, holiness, church leadership, and the gospel’s power to transform status, honor, and community through Christ.0% Complete
- Learn how gospel partnership, joyful gratitude, spiritual growth, sincere love, Christian maturity, and confidence in God’s work prepare believers for the day of Christ and fruitful service.0% Complete
- Discover how Paul’s imprisonment advances the gospel, how suffering fits within God’s purposes, and how faithful believers can live with confidence, fruitfulness, and the hope that to live is Christ and to die is gain.0% Complete
- Dr. Cohick teaches how to live worthy of the gospel by standing firm in faith, embracing kingdom values, enduring suffering for Christ, and bearing a fearless witness to God’s coming kingdom.0% Complete
- Learn how unity, humility, selfless service, and a Christ-centered mindset enable believers to honor others, reject selfish ambition, and live together as one community in Christ.0% Complete
- The Christ hymn reveals Christ’s incarnation, self-emptying, obedience, exaltation, and divine identity, while showing how participation in Christ shapes Christian humility, worship, salvation, and discipleship.0% Complete
- Philippians 2:6–11 reveals Christ’s divine nature, incarnation, self-giving love, obedience, exaltation, and redemptive mission, while showing how believers participate in and reflect the life of Christ.0% Complete
- Learn how to live out your salvation through obedience, faith, purity, perseverance, joyful service, and reliance on God’s power while shining as a faithful witness in a world opposed to Christ.0% Complete
- Timothy and Epaphroditus model Christlike service, humility, faithfulness, and flexibility, while revealing how gospel priorities, ministry partnerships, disappointment, and grief are lived out in Christian discipleship.0% Complete
- Learn how faith in Christ, rather than human credentials or religious markers, brings righteousness, resurrection hope, spiritual maturity, and a deeper participation in Christ’s life, suffering, and power.0% Complete
- Learn how God’s unearned and unconditional gift of salvation initiates a transforming relationship that produces faith, holiness, obedience, and deeper fellowship with him through Christ.0% Complete
- Christian maturity involves continual growth in Christ, faithful imitation, perseverance, heavenly citizenship, and confident hope in Christ’s return and the transformation of believers into his likeness.0% Complete
- Discover how believers stand firm in hope, pursue unity and reconciliation, resolve ministry disagreements, and work together as faithful co-workers while awaiting Christ’s return.0% Complete
- Learn how rejoicing in the Lord, practicing gentleness, praying with thanksgiving, embracing God’s peace, and pursuing Christ-centered virtues shape mature Christian living and church unity.0% Complete
- Gospel partnership, Christ-centered contentment, generous giving, God’s provision, and transforming grace turn financial support into worship and strengthen believers to serve faithfully in every circumstance.0% Complete
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