Text: 2 Corinthians 13

Sermon: Passing the Test

1. What is the test?

2. How to pass the test?

3. How to grow Jesus-centered rather than me-centered relationships

Text: 2 Corinthians 12:11-21

Sermon: What if they don’t repent?

1. How did it get this way?

2. How do we know we’re at the point where it’s time to part ways?

3. How do we part ways in a manner that pleases Jesus and leaves the doorway to repentance open?

4. What do I do with my broken heart?

Text: 2 Corinthians 12:1-15

Sermon: God's Power made perfect in Weakness

1. Why boast in our weakness?


2. The vision and the thorn in the flesh

3. Learning how to boast in our weakness

Text: 2 Corinthians 11:16-31

Sermon: Christ-like Leadership

1. Abusive Leaders


2. Why they put up with them?

3. The kind of leadership Jesus wants for his people and why?

Text: 2 Corinthians 11:1-15

Sermon: Choosing Sides

1. What false Christian ministry does 


2. What true Christian ministry does

Text: 2 Corinthians 10

Sermon: How Jesus' Authority Feels

1. Christian ministry feels weaker than it should

2. The nature of Christian authority is meekness and gentleness

3. Is this Us?

Text: 2 Corinthians 9:6-14

Sermon: Cheerful Giving

1. God's joy in cheerful giving

2. God's plan to sow our righteousness

3. God's plan to harvest praise

Text: 2 Corinthians 9:1-5

Sermon: Ready as a Willing Gift

1. The Spiritual Formation of Church Giving

2. Generosity grows by practice

3. Generosity grows by example

Text: 2 Corinthians 8:8-15

Sermon: Learning Generosity from God

1. The free-will diaconal offering being collected

2. How God responds to envy, jealousy, discontentment, and fear

3. How God wants us to respond to his generosity

4. God's gifts are for our blessing and transformation

Text: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon: Open Hands, Open Hearts


1. How generosity connects to forgiveness

2. How generosity connects to God's providence