The Painted Door Church - Chicago
The Painted Door Church is church family that gathers in Chicago, IL. We are a people who share the same story; we are sinner, saved by grace. We draw our name from the Exodus account in the Hebrew Scriptures, when God spared his people from judgement, passing over all homes that had the blood of a spotless lamb painted across their doorways. Jesus is the new spotless lamb, his death on a Roman cross sparing the people of God from judgment once for all. He reconnects us to our Maker and to each other and invites us to participate in his grand work of restoring all things.
The Painted Door Church - Chicago
Of Crowns and Thorns: A Trustworthy Minister / 2 Corinthians 1:1-14
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Pastor Mark Bergin
Demanding trust is a rather untrustworthy act. In fact, leaders who demand that others trust them should not be trusted at all. The Apostle Paul wanted very much for the Christians in Corinth to trust him. Somehow, perhaps through slander against Paul, that trust had eroded. But Paul would not demand it back. Instead, he wrote the letter now known as 2 Corinthians, detailing the heart, methods, and trials and of his ministry in hopes of commending himself as trustworthy. In the letter, he is eager for the church in Corinth to regain confidence in him and his fellow minister Timothy, so "that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you.