What kind of relationship do you want with God? In 2 Corinthians 3 Paul emphasises three words which both set out both what God wants in a relationship with you, and, where Corinth has gone wrong in the relationship they are pursuing with Him. And those words are: Glory Ministry And Boldness
Paul Simpson joins us this morning with a study from Luke 10
Paul is writing to the Corinthian believers, “for your joy” (2 Cor. 1:24) – but they have forgotten the way to find joy. So in this passage Paul reminds them what kind of ministry can lead them to the joy of their salvation. It is the ministry which: Is willing to punish in love, and…
Paul, facing opposition in the church of Corinth, doesn’t engage in trying to get the believers to choose him over them, rather he tries to show them what a good leader looks like through, His Boast His Defence His Goal
Paul begins 2 Corinthians with a beautiful reflection on comfort which is the foundation of what he has to say to the church. But we need to understand what, for Paul, the nature of comfort really is. If we understand that despair is the product of relying on ourselves, and hope the product of relying…
As an introduction to the letter of 2 Corinthians we think about this troubled church in terms of: How it started How it’s going
Concluding this two-part series with a look at how Christ fulfils the Old Testament’s promises of a better shepherd
The first of two sermons on Christ the Shepherd, looking first at the Old Testament promises of a good shepherd
In 1 Corinthians 13:13 Paul says that three things will remain when everything else has fallen away – faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these, he says, is love. So, What is love? What does the cross have to do with love? What do I mean when I say, “I love you”?
In 1 Corinthians 13:13 Paul talks about a hope that lasts, a hope that will outlast everything. When we study the hope he had it poses three questions Why do we need hope? Who can we put our hope in? How can we learn to hope in God?