Happy Valentine’s Day! A lot of emphasis will be placed on the word “love” today. Husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends, sweethearts young and old will find a way to say, “I love you.” It’s a happy day for many, but others will not feel that way, for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you’re a …
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Twelve Days of Christmas Gifts: The Gift of Eternal Life {Day 1}
My husband has a favorite saying. He likes to ask, “How do you know you’re in love?” He gets a variety of answers, but his go-to answer is, “If you truly love someone, you give,” according to how God loves us: For God so loved the world, that He gave… (John 3:16) The love of …
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What Is Biblical Love?
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a - Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all …
God Is Love AND Light
God is love. God is light. As I read back through 1 John again this morning, I realize there’s no way to fully cover the depth of what these two little statements mean in a couple of short blog posts. What I do want to make clear is that we can’t separate the two. We …
Can A Christian Hate?
God is love. God is light. As I read through 1 John, these are the two statements that keep coming back to me. They’re such simple concepts: love and light. John is defining what it means to be a child. If a proper understanding of God is to see Him through the lens of love …
The Way Of The Word 