‘He Will Rescue Us Again’: Affliction and Hope in 2 Corinthians 1:8–11
Dark times can generate crippling despair all too easily. Resources for resistance to despair and for the discovery and articulation of hope are not always readily apparent. This essay considers Paul’s account of his own immersion in such a situation: An ‘affliction’ that left him ‘unbearably crushe...
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MDPI AG
2020-05-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/5/222 |