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 …
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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 …
When Life Squeezes You
What’s your attitude toward suffering? Perhaps you’re like me, you don’t really consider any of the various trials or difficulties you’ve experienced as truly suffering, compared to the kinds of things others go through. I’ve never been hungry, or homeless, or truly afraid for my life. I’ve never been to prison, and for the most …
It’s Not Just About You
How well do you get along with others? When you make a decision to do something, do you think about how it will just affect you, or consider its impact and influence on the people around you? I don’t know if they still do this, but when I was a kid, report cards had two …
The Way Of The Word 