Sometimes honest confrontation needs to happen. But many of us try to avoid it, because we’re afraid of the pain it brings. We’re afraid that we’ll make others angry. We’re afraid of losing them. Paul was afraid that he had lost the congregation in Corinth after writing his first letter. He had to rebuke them. […]
Read moreThe people of Corinth did not always like Paul, because he never hesitated to call a spade a spade. He never tried to hide the truth. On the contrary! If something was not according to God’s will, he would take it on without thinking twice and wipe it out. Not everybody could deal with this […]
Read moreThe circumstances in which we find ourselves have a significant impact on us. Sometimes those circumstances are so bad that you feel there is absolutely no way out. Paul was in a black hole. He knew the circumstances in Corinth were not good for Christians. There was fighting amongst them as well as opposition from […]
Read morePaul repeatedly speaks directly to the congregation of Corinth. He speaks to them in a way that everybody can understand. It’s so practical that we don’t have to say much more to understand it ourselves and to make it part of our lives. Take verse one of Chapter 7: 1With promises like this to pull […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 The devil will never come to me with the temptation to rob a bank or steal a Bar One in a shop. And he will never try and let me get caught up in a web of drugs. He knows that there is no hope […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-11 Life’s not always easy. In reality it’s an enormous, long struggle. Many of us fight a long fight for survival every day. And it feels as if we’re going to lose the fight at any moment. Paul and his friends were involved in a continuous […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 The biggest pain experienced in the world is caused by the tongue. Without thinking twice we tell other people exactly what we think of them. They cringe as they’re destroyed piece by piece. How many corpses are walking around because people don’t understand the power […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 As winter starts in South Africa, a different kind of winter descends over the labour force, because it’s strike season. People are dissatisfied with their circumstances and start striking to make their voices heard. Not a nice season in our country. Paul’s time also had […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Don’t you think that it is funny how we always want to start new things on a Monday? What’s so magical about Monday? When you struggle to get into your new pair of pants the writing is on the wall, in bold letters: You have […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 I tried to explain the concept of the Trinity to my daughter. After struggling for some time we realised that we had no words left to explain the enormity of God. We realised we could not put God’s awesomeness into words and that it would […]
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