Week 1The God of All ComfortAugust 2, 2015The pastor opens 2 Corinthians by asking why we suffer, and finds in Paul's words a God who comforts us so we can comfort others with real, hard-won power.
Week 2Yes and No and the Faithfulness of GodAugust 9, 2015Paul's defense of his travel plans in 2 Corinthians reveals a pastor who loves people deeply, changes plans by the Spirit, and finds all God's promises met in Christ.
Week 3Behold How Good and Pleasant It IsAugust 16, 2015Paul's letter to Corinth shows how forgiveness restores unity in the church body, while Jesus prays the same thing for believers in John 17.
Week 5Written on Human HeartsAugust 30, 2015The pastor walks through 2 Corinthians 3, contrasting the law written on stone with God's new covenant written by His Spirit on human hearts.
Week 6Always Carrying the Dying of JesusSeptember 6, 2015Paul shows that the gospel of Christ's death and the Spirit's freedom transform believers together, as one body, from one degree of glory to another.
Week 7Therefore We Do Not Lose HeartSeptember 13, 2015From 2 Corinthians 4, Pastor Blake walks through Paul's list of pressures and why hard-pressed believers are not crushed, forsaken, or destroyed.
Week 8We Walk by Faith and Not by SightSeptember 20, 2015Paul shows in 2 Corinthians 5 why Christians can face suffering without fear: a guaranteed heavenly home, a resurrected body, and a Savior worth living and dying for.
Week 9The Love of Christ Compels UsSeptember 27, 2015Paul's words in 2 Corinthians push us to see people through God's eyes, not our own, and to let Christ's love compel us toward the one message that changes everything.
Week 10The Love of Christ Compels UsSeptember 27, 2015A Wyoming pastor walks through 2 Corinthians 5:11-17, explaining what compels Christians to share the gospel and what it means to see people through God's eyes.
Week 11Now Is the Day of SalvationOctober 4, 2015A pastor weaves memories of a feared grammar teacher and Jonathan Edwards into Paul's call in 2 Corinthians 5 and 6: today is the day of salvation.
Week 12Today Is the DayOctober 4, 2015Pastor Ray walks through 2 Corinthians 5-6, showing that Christ reconciles people to God through the cross, and that today is the day to respond.
Week 13The Only Way Out Is ThroughOctober 18, 2015Paul's appeal in 2 Corinthians 6 calls believers to endure hardships by God's power, trust faith over sight, and widen their hearts to the gospel.
Week 14Stop Being Unequally YokedOctober 25, 2015Pastor Ray walks through 2 Corinthians 6-7, exploring Paul's call to holiness and what it means to live set apart from the world while staying genuinely present in it.
Week 15Make Room: A Heartfelt Plea for HolinessOctober 25, 2015Pastor Ray walks through 2 Corinthians 6-7, calling believers to examine the affections and attachments that keep their hearts from being fully open to God.
Week 16But GodNovember 1, 2015Paul's letter to Corinth shows how godly grief leads to repentance and salvation, while worldly grief leads only to death. A study in 2 Corinthians.
Week 17Good GriefNovember 1, 2015The pastor explores 2 Corinthians 7, showing how godly grief leads to repentance and life, while worldly grief leads only to death, using Peter and Judas as examples.
Week 18The Biblical Reaction to Grace ReceivedNovember 8, 2015Paul shows how Macedonian Christians gave generously out of poverty because God's grace compels us to extend to others what we have freely received.
Week 19The Biblical Reaction to Grace ReceivedNovember 15, 2015Paul walks through 2 Corinthians 9, showing how grace received from God naturally produces generosity in every form, given freely and with a cheerful heart.
Week 20Thanks Be to God for His Inexpressible GiftNovember 15, 2015Paul's letter to Corinth shows that receiving God's grace naturally leads to extending it to others, whether through money, forgiveness, comfort, or love.
Week 21Defending the MinistryDecember 6, 2015Pastor Ray returns from Nepal to preach 2 Corinthians 10-11, where Paul defends true ministry against false apostles, then confronts a missions organization distorting the gospel.
Week 22Weapons Not of the FleshDecember 6, 2015Pastor Ray preaches 2 Corinthians 10-11, then shares a firsthand account of confronting false gospel methods on a mission trip to Nepal.
Week 23My Grace Is Sufficient for YouDecember 27, 2015Pastor Ray walks through 2 Corinthians 12, where Paul's thorn in the flesh and God's promise that His grace is sufficient speak directly to our present struggles.
Week 24My Grace Is Sufficient for YouDecember 27, 2015The pastor walks through 2 Corinthians 12, where Paul's heavenly vision and thorn in the flesh point to one truth: God's grace is sufficient in our weakness.
Week 25One Last Loving DefenseJanuary 3, 2016Paul closes 2 Corinthians with a loving but firm warning, calling the church to self-examination, repentance, and trust in God's power to restore.
Week 26One Last Loving DefenseJanuary 3, 2016Paul closes 2 Corinthians with a parental warning, a call to self-examination, and a benediction grounding Christians in God's faithfulness and restorative love.
Week 27Comforted So We Can ComfortJune 9, 2024Pastor Ray walks through 2 Corinthians 1, showing how God's comfort in suffering equips believers to sit with others in their pain and point them to hope in Christ.
