Philippians—Apostolic Modeling in Tough Times
by Dr. J. Robert Clinton
This 198 page commentary (PDF file) is one of a series of Biblical leadership commentaries. This series explores the most relevant books of the Bible for leadership findings. The leadership commentary on Philippians involves an overview of Philippians, i.e. a recognition of the contribution of this book to the whole Bible. It then follows with the identification of 8 important leadership topics/lessons. Then there is the actual leadership comments on the text. Finally there are 38 leadership articles totaling 146 pages describing various aspects of leadership seen in Philippians. A 9 page Glossary of leadership terms follows the leadership articles. Philippians is Paul’s most powerful modeling book. He explicitly espouses modeling (see Php 4:7). In this book Paul models how a Christian lives joyfully even in deep processing. He demonstrates a sovereign mindset in his prison experience. (Revised 2006)
