2019

Orr expounds 2 Corinthians 10:1-8. He looks at Paul's agenda in preaching the gospel and challenging the super-apostles in this passage. He looks at the authority of both Paul, and in Christian ministry generally. Constructional teaching involves necessary warfare against false teaching, but also building people up by building people up by being gentle, including our opponents.

Orr looks at how a modern preacher can enable the audience to see Jesus, or consider the presence of Christ. He shows that this question pre-supposes that Christ is physically absent from us, and the tension between Christ's presence and absence. Orr looks at how preaching relates to the presence of Christ, both his active and passive presence, enabled through preaching. He stresses the dynamic of 'Christ through me' - Christ is working through his apostles and Christians more generally. Orr considers what it means to be transformed by seeing, and the visual language used for a spoken message. He shows that through the Spirit we see Jesus. Talk is followed by questions and answers.

Orr speaks on 2 Corinthians 10:7-18. He details why boasting is bad, including the wrong way to boast, and what we should boast in.

Orr looks at 2 Corinthians 11:1-21. He examines the issues being faced by the Corinthians, including the acceptance of a different gospel. Orr shows that it is thoughts that lead to devotion, and thus the mind is the battlefield.