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Power in Weakness: Paul’s Transformed Vision for Ministry is unavailable, but you can change that!

Envisioning cruciform community built on resurrection hope. After Paul’s encounter with the risen Christ on the road to Damascus, he turned from coercion and violence to a ministry centered on the hope of Christ’s resurrection. In earthly terms, Paul had traded power for weakness. But—as he explained in his subsequent letters—this “weakness” was actually the key to flourishing community that is...

spoken blasphemously about Jesus before his conversion, he was undoubtedly engaged in a program of verbal and physical violence against his followers. Keep in mind that in all of this, zeal for God and God’s glory drove Paul. He longed to see God’s word enacted by God’s people. In his mind his motivations were pure! He wanted Israel to enjoy the fullness of resurrection life—the life of God on earth that would bring about renewal, restoration, and the completion of redemption. But Paul was seeking
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