""Paul and Timothy, Slaves of Christ Jesus,"" poetry

Introduction

Paul counsels the Philippians about the importance of love: "This is what I continue praying, that your love may abound still more and more with accurate knowledge and full discernment." He also exhorts them about their need to avoid overconfidence, writing, "Keep working out your own salvation with fear and trembling."-Phil. 1:9. As a mature spiritual mentor, he encourages them to pursue "the prize of the upward call of God," adding, "to the extent we have made progress, let us go on walking orderly in this same course."-Phil. 3:14-16.

An excerpt, chapter one

"Some are preaching the Christ out of envy and rivalry [and]...contentiousness."-Philippians 1:15,16.

drip! drip! drip!-
words between the lips of a
contentious man

The author

Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022.

Introduction

Paul counsels the Philippians about the importance of love: "This is what I continue praying, that your love may abound still more and more with accurate knowledge and full discernment." He also exhorts them about their need to avoid overconfidence, writing, "Keep working out your own salvation with fear and trembling."-Phil. 1:9. As a mature spiritual mentor, he encourages them to pursue "the prize of the upward call of God," adding, "to the extent we have made progress, let us go on walking orderly in this same course."-Phil. 3:14-16.

An excerpt, chapter one

"Some are preaching the Christ out of envy and rivalry [and]...contentiousness."-Philippians 1:15,16.

drip! drip! drip!-
words between the lips of a
contentious man

The author

Dan Lukiv, published in 19 countries, is a poet, novelist, columnist, short story and article writer, and independent education researcher (hermeneutic phenomenology). As a creative writer, he apprenticed with Canada's Professor Robert Harlow (recipient of the George Woodcock Achievement award for an outstanding literary career), the USA's Paul Bagdon (Spur Award finalist for Best Original Paperback), and England's D. M. Thomas (recipient of the Cheltenham Prize for Literature, Orwell Prize [biography], Los Angeles Fiction Prize, and Cholmondeley award for poetry). He attended The University of British Columbia (creative writing department), the acclaimed Humber School for Writers (poetry writing program), and Writer's Digest University (novel writing program).