“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 Joseph Lombardo is a powerlifter and a Christian. He writes: “The Reverend Matthew Holbert, an ordained Lutheran pastor in West Virginia, is a coach as well as judge in several powerlifting federations. The […]
“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw […]
“But just as you excel in everything, in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us, see that you also excel in this grace of giving.” 2 Corinthians 8:7 In his book “Perfect Illustrations for Every Topic and Occasion”, Mike Herman shares the following: […]
“sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything” – 2 Corinthians 6:10 Michael Shannon shared the following: “Recently my wife and I were given use of two major league baseball tickets. Always glad to see a baseball game, we took the tickets and […]
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but […]
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 Rowan Williams is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet, who served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012. In his book “Christ the […]
“yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us.” – 2 Corinthians 7:9 In January 2024 a wave of violence and looting broke […]
‘Terah took his son Abram … and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there’ Genesis 11:31. A Christian author writes: ‘Terah accompanied Abram for part of the journey to Canaan, but then he stopped … […]
“For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2 Jeremy Benson remembers: “By the time I was 16, that’s […]
‘But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed…’ Romans 3:21 You will go to heaven because you trusted in Christ’s righteousness, not your own. You say, ‘But isn’t doing the right things important?’ Absolutely. Your reward in heaven will be predicated upon what you do for […]
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” – 2 Corinthians […]
‘Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. … the second he called Ephraim.’ Genesis 41:51-52 When you experience tragedy or loss, unless you get help, you can shut down emotionally and remain stuck. And when you focus on the pain of the past, you risk forfeiting the blessing God […]
“And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” – 2 Corinthians 3:18 President Abraham Lincoln died almost 160 years ago, but his likeness has plenty to say about today’s […]
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” – 2 Corinthians 5:10 Brandon Moon was convicted by jury of three counts of aggravated sexual assault. His […]
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 In her book “Invitations from God”, Adele Ahlberg Calhoun writes: “Jesus’ actions, in and of themselves, often make no sense unless we see […]