About the Contributor(s): Chip M. Anderson (MATS, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; BA, Crown College) is a consultant for community- and faith-based nonprofits. He has been a pastor, a professor (Prairie Bible College, AB), and for over sixteen years has been involved in social action. His articles appear in His Dominion, The Evangelical Journal, Trinity Journal, Priscilla Papers, and Africanus Journal. He is the author of a lay-commentary on Philippians, Destroying Our Private Cities, Building Our Spiritual Life.

Anderson argues that every time the church adopts the surrounding culture's values, it dies a little. His lay commentary enables readers to hear Paul's argument through Philippians and how the church's flirtation with individualism has affected the Christian faith and the life of the church.