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The future of the Christian cause depends to a large degree on the quality of the next generation of spiritual leaders. Where will these men find role models? To whom will they turn for inspiration? There is the ever-present danger that they will do as Paul's rivals did in Corinth and turn to the world outside the church and try to emulate the qualities that make for success in secular life....

Please read 2 Corinthians 5:1–10 Paul lacked staying power. Strange though it may seem, this accusation was levelled at the apostle by his detractors, a group of power-hungry people within the church which Paul himself had founded at Corinth. His response was to insist that he had not thrown in the towel. No one could reproach him with having lost the will to take the spiritual battle right into the strongholds of the enemy. He had not lost heart (4:16).
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