Help Me Teach the Bible: John Piper on Philippians
Nancy Guthrie | May 21, 2015
In this inaugural episode of Help Me Teach the Bible, I talk with John Piper, founder and teacher of Desiring God and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary, where he recently taught through the book of Philippians. He called this teaching a “dream come true.” Topics in this interview (download: part 1 | part two) include:
- allowing those you teach to discover what the book is about;
- Paul's love expressed in this personal letter;
- connecting propositions in Paul's arguments; and
- the better by far of being with Christ at death vs. the resurrection of the body.

- Hans Bayer on context, outline, and thought flow in Philippians
- Dick Lucas sermons on Philippians
- John Piper sermons on Philippians
For further study, here are some books you may find helpful, including titles from Crossway, the sponsor of Help Me Teach the Bible:
- Philippians: A 12-Week Study by Ryan Kelly
- Philippians: The Fellowship of the Gospel by R. Kent Hughes
- Let's Study Philippians by Sinclair B. Ferguson
- Basics for Believers: An Exposition of Philippians by D. A. Carson
- Message of Philippians: Jesus Our Joy by Alec Motyer
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