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"Into the Word: Philippians" by Neal Pollard - Part 1

August 2, 2026 - Sunday PM Sermon

This episode is a deep, classroom-style walkthrough of the book of Philippians. Neal opens with historical background on Philippi — its Thracian origins, Hellenistic and Roman developments, and religious landscape — then situates Paul’s letter as one of the prison epistles (circa AD 60–63). The episode covers the founding of the Philippian church in Acts (Lydia, the riverside prayer group, the jailer and his household), Paul’s relationship with the Philippians, and the practical reasons he wrote: encouragement, guidance, and unity in the face of internal…

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