This morning, I am in the ninth week of my sermon series entitled “Strength in Weakness,” looking at the New Testament book of 2 Corinthians. If you are unfamiliar with this book, it is a letter written by an early church leader named Paul to a church he had started around the year 50 AD in the Greek city of Corinth, which in Paul’s day was part of the Roman Empire. After he had started the church and built it up, he moved on to start other churches, but visited and wrote letters as issues arose in the church. One of the biggest issues was that false teachers had arisen in their midst who were tearing down Paul’s reputation, winning the hearts of some of the Corinthians, and causing tension in his relationship with this church he loved so much. As we read in v. 10 of today’s reading:
10 For some say, "His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing."
