Many modern critics fail to understand Paul because they fail to understand Jesus, and therefore do not know Jesus as Paul knew him—a critical error. In Paul’s Joy in Christ: Studies in the Philippians, Robertson asserts that “nowhere is the tender side of Paul’s nature better shown than here: his delicacy, his courtesy, his elevation of feeling, his independence, his mysticism, and his spiritual passion.” This volume is derived from a series of lectures delivered at the Northfield Conference for Christian workers in August, 1913.
