Randy Alcorn speaks on Philippians 1:21, 23 and how being with Christ is better by far. He also contrasts these verses with the theory of soul sleep. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Biblical thinking says, “I come to grips with the negatives in life, and not by denying them.” 

In verse 9 it says God "exalted and gave" a name. The Greek tense is what is called an aorist, in the indicative mood, "past time, in a point of time". So this verse says God has already given and exalted with the name.

There isn’t a better New Year’s resolution than what starts in the words of the Apostle Paul in Philippians 3:7-8.