Grace Chapel Bible Study

In this third week of Joy Unchained: A Study in Philippians, Pastor Charles Williams opens Philippians 1:12–30 to show how Paul, locked in a Roman cell, refused to let his chains have the final word. Far from silencing the gospel, his imprisonment became a pulpit, every soldier chained to him became a captive mission field, and his courage made the whole Roman church bold. We trace three movements: how the prison advanced the gospel (prokōpē) breakthrough won by pushing through what stops everyone else), how Christ preached even by rival hands is still Christ preached, and how a man with "nothing to lose, everything to live for" can say to live is Christ, and to die is gain, and mean it down to the irons on his wrist. From a Birmingham jail to a Roman prison, the lesson holds: what looks like setback is advance, what looks like silencing is amplification. The man in chains is still preaching — and the sermon turns out to be the chains themselves. Join us at Grace Chapel Inglewood and be encouraged: you may be chained, but you are not contained. #JoyUnchained #Philippians #BibleStudy #GraceChapelInglewood #PastorCharlesWilliams #ChainedButNotContained #ToLiveIsChrist #GospelAdvance #ChristianLiving #BlackChurch #WednesdayBibleStudy #FaithOverFear #SufferingAndJoy #NTWright #VerseByVerse