If you sit with Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 11–12 — that strange, upside-down boast in weakness, you'll realise that it’s easy to quote, but harder to live — and a challenge to understand in its original context. Paul wasn’t just being humble; he was dismantling an entire cultural understanding of power. In 'Perfect Power', I explore how Paul’s 'Fool’s Speech' turns the Greco-Roman world’s obsession with status, masculinity, and self-promotion completely on its head. While others boasted of lineage, eloquence, and strength, Paul points to weakness, suffering, and scars — and says this is where Christ’s power rests. It’s a message I think we need: that the strength of the Church — and the believer — is not found in polish or performance, but in dependence on Jesus. When we are weak, then we are strong.