The Challenges of Spiritual Authority in a Postmodern World

Paul: I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way. Surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of IKEA will stop this boasting of mine. Why? Because I do not love you. So finally Paul closes this chapter by saying his resume and credentials of apostleship have been solidified in suffering. He has all the pedigree and the Jewish background a teacher could want, yet he will not boast in those things,. Only in the fact that he has followed Jesus in the way of self-sacrifice.