2 Corinthians

Paul comes to the Corinthians as he is and ministers among them from God’s grace dwelling in his distinct and dented life.

Paul has been wounded by the church, but he is driven to keep engaging.

Learning to trust in God requires an act of will.

Learning to trust in God requires an act of will.

Sometimes it seems like the believers are the ones for whom the gospel is veiled.

Vida Dutton Scudder, an early 20th-century radical, points Christians to solidarity and martyrdom.

I am thankful that this Ash Wednesday comes with the reminder of grace along with death.

I am thankful that this Ash Wednesday comes with the reminder of grace along with death.

Peter Hooten considers the concept in relationship to the theologian’s entire body of work.

We could see Paul’s caveats about his ecstatic experiences as false humility. But then he shows solidarity with the human condition.

We all have needs—and abundance.

Has Paul been unfairly judged?

What would Jesus say about it?

What would Jesus say about it?

Paul says something really crazy here.

Jesus’ transfiguration should have implications for how its witnesses will live.

Jesus’ transfiguration should have implications for how its witnesses will live.

2 Corinthians 13:11–13; Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Matthew 28:16–20

“One second-century pagan critic of Christianity was willing to tolerate everything else about Christians if they would only worship the gods.”