A Book that Helped Change My Thinking about Biblical Weakness
How weak are you? A conclusion we commonly draw about weakness is that God accomplishes his work through us despite our weaknesses. But this is not what Paul teaches us in 2 Corinthians 10-13, his weakness exposé. The apostle argues that God works through us because of our weaknesses, not despite them. It is as different as night and day. The book Paul the Leper by Olive Doke underscores this point on all its 28 pages. What makes this biography most helpful is that from Paul Kasonga’s earliest days, both he and others around him interpret Kasonga’s leprosy and its disabling effects as weakness, like the Apostle Paul describes the Corinthian passage. The biography’s spiritually self-analytical bend is what has made it so helpful to me. Continue Reading →
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