Let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18b ESV Love defines a Christian. As People of the Way we are called to love as Christ loves us. Realistically, sacrificially, purposefully, willingly, and absolutely. We don’t learn to do this from...
If you love God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind, then do whatever you please, for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved. Paraphrased, St. Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430); 1 John 4:4-12, Matthew...
How shall I walk before the Lord? The Lord has told us what is good; walk in humble fellowship with God and live in steadfast righteousness and love toward others. Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love...
God is love. We love because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners, so that our relationship with a just and loving God could be restored (Romans 5:8). Here, then, is His desire...
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 ESV...