A Walk through Philippians with Ancient Eyes
October 9-11, 2026
Weekend in the Word
On the weekend of October 9-11, Rev. Dr. Clint Burnett will take us deep into the world of the ancient city of Philippi to help us see with fresh eyes St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians. Dr. Burnett (or Fr. Clint) is a true scholar, having earned his PhD at Boston College, but he is also a priest with a shepherd's heart for God's people. Fr. Clint will show us images of coins, inscriptions, and other archeological findings that reveal the religious landscape into which St. Paul spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.
This teaching weekend will enrich our life together by summing up a 4-week sequence of epistle readings in Philippians on Sundays. It should also be a great opportunity to invite guests to participate in our community. Perhaps you know someone who has given up on church, but has a keen interest in history--then invite them!
If you hope to attend, please mark your calendars!
October 9, Friday evening: Session 1 (Fr. Clint)
October 10, Saturday morning: Sessions 2 & 3 (Fr. Clint)
October 11, Sunday @ 4:00 PM: Concluding sermon on Philippians 4:4-13 (Fr. Jarrod)
Praise for Fr. Clint’s Work
Paul & Imperial Divine Honors
“In this erudite yet accessible volume, Clint Burnett does a terrific job of explaining the manifold forms of religious devotion to the emperor in the cities of Corinth, Philippi, and Thessalonica, and how it was part of the atmosphere in which the early church lived. Burnett’s knowledge of inscriptions and artefacts makes the ancient world come alive for readers, who will begin to understand, perhaps for the first time, what it meant to worship Jesus as ‘Lord’ in a religiously pluralistic and politicized context.”
― Michael F. Bird, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia
Studying the New Testament through Inscriptions
Clint Burnett’s remarkable book, Studying the New Testament through Inscriptions, explains how inscriptional evidence sheds fresh light on the values, thoughts, and beliefs of early Christians. In a variety of examples, he deftly demonstrates how this heretofore neglected evidence helps to solve real— philological, historical, and theological—problems. This book demonstrates not only the underappreciated role of inscriptions in the study of the New Testament, but also how they can enlarge our understanding of the life and witness of early Christianity.
― B. H. McLean Professor of New Testament Language and Literature Knox College, University of Toronto