BIB538 : Philippians

Paul certainly knew suffering and true joy. He also knew joy through suffering. In his darkest hour, Paul wrote this letter to encourage his most intimate friends. He himself was a prisoner at the time yet it was he who was providing encouragement to them, the faithful at Philippi!

Here is a letter that is pregnant with insights on the real priorities in life, encouragement during difficult trials, and guidance during the inevitable dark times. Inner joy occurs 16 times in these four brief chapters. Paul also deals with some of our thorniest issues: how to deal with "Christian" troublemakers. He very likely lost his life because of trouble caused by Christians in Rome!

(2 credits)

Length of Class

This class is scheduled for 6 weeks. Login and click on “All Courses” in your “My Courses” block.

Prerequisites

Current Members

Non-Members

Purchase a Koinonia Institute Membership to start this class. Each class has its own schedule and may or may not be currently available.

Koinonia Institute Online offers these benefits not found in Self Study:

Community Learning Environment – Interact with other students studying the same material to help you learn.
Unit Quizzes – Take online quizzes to keep your studying on track and measure your learning.
Paced Learning – Online classes are paced to fit into your busy schedule and provide a focused, guided Bible study.
Discussion Boards – Ability to discuss studies with students and facilitators.

The weekly format of an online class is:

Watch or listen to the weekly assignment from your materials (typically one hour).
Go to the class forum and answer two discussion questions and then reply to at least one of your classmates’ responses.
Take the quiz online. (Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching etc.)
The class will end with a final exam - usually around 100 questions.
Each class varies in length – 4 weeks up to 24 weeks.