It’s bound to happen. Someone is going to come along and question the why behind what you do. Teachers, parents, students, friends, spouses, and even pastors aren’t exempt. Someone will come along and make assumptions about your motives, methods, qualifications, and even character.

That certainly played out in Paul’s life and ministry. But what would you expect? His message was hard for some to swallow. Could they trust the message? Could they trust the messenger? I mean… this was Paul, who used to be Saul!

That’s the rub, isn’t it? There’s always someone ready to question what you’re saying and doing. And when they do, it would be easy to simply say “I don’t need this” and back off. Quit. But not Paul. He kept pressing on. What helped him can help us, as we’ll see this Sunday.

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This Week's Sermon: "Our Only Boast"

We may not freely admit it, but all of us are adept at one thing: boasting. We boast every day, whether publicly or privately, about seemingly anything and everything: family, possessions, abilities, achievements, grades, social connections – you name it. You may even be inwardly boasting right now about the fact that you don’t boast as much as other people do!

The point is that we all boast about, or take pride in, something. And what we choose to boast about actually says a lot more than we realize about who we are at our core, about what we really value, what drives and defines us, what validates us and makes us feel more significant, and even what gives us hope.

There are lots of things – even legitimately good things – about which we can choose to boast. But can you say that you are daily boasting in the one thing that matters more than anything else in life?

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