Posted in Growing in God, Writing on Nov 26th, 2013
A friend recently wrote me a note of encouragement, which he closed with these words: Keep the main issue the main issue: “The whole point of what we’re urging is simply love—love uncontaminated by self-interest and counterfeit faith, a life open to God.” (1 Timothy 1:5 – The Message) Paul’s words here feel like […]
Posted in Growing in God on May 31st, 2013
I sit on the sofa in the light of the lamp, and I pray through 1 Corinthians 13—you know, the famous love chapter that’s read at a lot of weddings. I tend not to like this chapter of the Bible. It always feels like an indictment of how far short of love I fall each […]
Posted in Growing in God, Reading on Sep 7th, 2012
Jesus said, “Love one another as I have loved you.” –John 15:12 If you asked twenty good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you had asked almost any of the great Christians of old, he would have replied, Love. You see what has […]
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