I remember a sermon my pastor delivered one Sunday when I was in high school. The subject was God and love. For the first time, I heard that the Bible, in its original languages, uses several words to describe love. Our pastor gave us examples
… put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 5:8-9) A critic of Whosoever wrote to me recently
The back cover of my Living New Testament reads: Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, Never haughty or selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not
In the last few months we have read in these Web pages about faith and hope. Now at ‘long last’ we come to love. Not a bad qualification, that – ‘long lasting’ love. In fact if we are to succeed in our endeavors to become
Love has been a hard lesson for me, especially the love of God. I can understand the wrath, the anger, and the punishments of God, but somehow, His love can elude me. When I understand His love, it is intoxicating, heady. When I do not,
Walking down the street, I see them: three young upper-middle-class people loudly talking on their way to a fancy dinner up the block. I am furious with them almost instantly: for their fine tailored clothes, for their trés chic dining plans, for the way they
Jesus was busily turning the world of His day upside down. He hung with a “bad” crowd, did things that seemed to go against the Scriptures and often acted as though He was God. None of this endeared Him to the religious leaders of the
Have you ever heard these words and thought, “Yeah, tell me about it.” Jesus said they will know we are Christians by the love we show one another. If the only way others can tell we love them is if we tell them, something is
I’ve found your answers to the questions many of us have to be very helpful. Thank you! Although the following has nothing to do with being gay, I hope that you can shed some light on my confusion over a couple of issues. 1) Since
I have been depressed (suicidal) for about a year and through the help of a counselor have uncovered or unlocked this door to my life. I have spoken with a lesbian woman here and she and her partner were convinced even before I approached them