“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 March 3, 2023 Who wants to attend a church known for its rudeness? The church at Corinth needed a slap on the wrist for failing to conduct […]
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 March 2, 2023 Boasting: calling attention to oneself, how important we are and what we have achieved. Sadly, this kind of public posture is found way too often in Christian circles. After all, if a book is
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“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 March 1, 2023 “Hey! Jealous Lover, You’re acting so strange, Hey, Jealous Lover, What is making you change?” These are some of the lyrics of a popular song a generation ago. The ESV translation of jealous is
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“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 February 28, 2023 Lest we think that love is only reactive (patient), we are to know that love is active by seeking to be helpful. Jesus immediately comes to mind as you think of His non-stop concern
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 February 27, 2023 What does love look like? How does it talk? How does it behave? These are down to earth questions we ought to ask about love. But first we need to understand that love is
“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30 February 24, 2023 Think of it this way. If you told your spouse, or someone really close to you, that you loved them with all your
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“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30 February 23, 2023 “He’s got soul.” “Soul brother,” “soul food,” “soul music,” “soul mate,” “soul searching.” We get something of the biblical word for soul in
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“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30 February 22, 2023 The three letter word “all” packs a punch. God is to be loved with all of our being. As new Christians the implications
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Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’” Mark 12:29-30 February 21, 2023 On Tuesday before the Friday on
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“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.” John 5:24 February 20, 2023 The thought of future judgment when standing before a holy God could be horrifying. Is it possible to
