2 Corinthians is probably Paul’s most personal letter, and shows, more than any other, something of the cost of his ministry.

‘The Corinthian Christians gave their founding pastor, Paul, more trouble than all his other churches put together. No sooner did Paul get one problem straightened out in Corinth than three more appeared.’ Eugene Peterson.

Church life can be hard, and ministry is tough.

Ministry is regularly tough because church life is hard.

But in the triune God, we have all we need both to love courageously and to lead enduringly.

(After a day or two’s break, we will move back into the Old Testament and begin to work through the psalms. More of this shortly).