Lessons from Macedonia and Mexico
Generosity in Poverty Today, we read 2 Corinthians 8–10. Paul begins by recognizing the generosity of the churches in Macedonia—places like Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea (2 Corinthians 8:1–2). These believers faced extreme poverty, confirmed by historians such as Josephus and Tacitus, during a time of famine compounded by an earthquake around AD 49–53. Yet, this […]