Paul Upside-Down | "That Doesn't Make Any Sense"

About this episode

This episode explores the concept of strength in the kingdom of God through Paul's teachings in 2 Corinthians, emphasizing an upside-down perspective on success and embracing weaknesses.

287 | Live the Upside-Down Life What does real strength look like in the kingdom of God? We live in a world obsessed with a scorecard of independence, power, polish, and visible success. But in this episode, we dive into 2 Corinthians to look at Paul’s completely inverted, upside-down life. From the shocking historical context of a Roman triumphal procession — where we discover we are actually the captured slaves walking behind the Conqueror — to the fragile reality of being a literal “shoebox” holding a priceless treasure, Paul flips our ideas of success completely on their head. We explore how to stop obsessing over “fixing the jar” and learn to embrace our thorns, our cracks, and our weaknesses so that Christ’s power can fill all things.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan Joy, Bryan Schiele

Topics covered

• strength in the kingdom of God
• upside-down life
• success in Christianity
• Paul's teachings
• embracing weaknesses
• Christian spirituality

Keywords

• Paul
• 2 Corinthians
• strength
• success
• Christianity
• spirituality
• weaknesses
• upside-down life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bible Geeks Podcast

Books & works: 2 Corinthians

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