Pressing On: Dying with Christ, Rising in Him — Philippians 3
In this episode of I Don’t Get the BibleA TGNN series that answers honest Bible questions—without fear or religious pressure., Shawn and Delaney McCraney walk through the second half of Philippians 3, where Paul passionately describes his pursuit of the true Christian life. He calls believers to press on — but not through religious works or law-based righteousness. Instead, Paul urges a life shaped by dying with Christ and rising through His resurrection power.
Delaney and Shawn dive deep into the idea that Christian life isn’t about doing more — it’s about the work of letting go. It’s the “work of not working,” surrendering pride and control to Christ. Paul models this by describing how he forgets what lies behind and strains toward what lies ahead, fueled by Christ’s resurrection living inside him.
They explain that while the Gospels present Christ’s life, it’s Paul who teaches Gentile believers how to live out Christ’s deathSeparation from God—now overcome. Physical death remains, but it no longer separates us from life with God. and resurrection — not by following the law, but by daily dying to self and rising through faith.
The episode also tackles how real spiritual growth happens: not by religious guilt trips, but by true internal transformation over time, by God’s timing. They contrast this with religious approaches, including Mormonism and traditional Christianity, which often mistake external rule-keeping for real faith.
Finally, they draw powerful comparisons between Christianity’s call to individual responsibility and Eastern philosophies that dissolve the self. True Christianity demands we die to the selfish self again and again — not lose the self entirely — and rise transformed each time.
