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My Problem With Churches and Organized Religion

Minister Paul J Bern
7 min readJan 18, 2025

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The Stark Contrast Between Paul’s Ministry & Modern Church

(2nd Corinthians chapter 11, verses 1–15)

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As we saw from last week’s study on chapter 10, the apostle Paul was admonishing the early church about being too proud of themselves and the accomplishments of their ministries, writing that “if anyone boasts, let him boast in the Lord”. Today as we begin 2nd Corinthians chapter 11, Paul the apostle continues with this same train of thought, contrasting his ministry to that of his contemporaries. As he does so, we find some interesting parallels between his writing and the state of the modern church. Having pointed that out, let’s begin this week’s study at verse 1:

Part One of This Week’s Bible Verses for Study and Memorization

I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness; but you are already doing that. I am

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Minister Paul J Bern
Minister Paul J Bern

Written by Minister Paul J Bern

Rev. Paul J. Bern is a Web pastor and blogger on The Social Gospel Blog on Medium and Substack. Longtime Atlanta Ga. resident; stroke survivor; piano player

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