Tag: agape
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but have not love,
1 Corinthians 13 English Standard Version (ESV) The Way of Love 13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, Let us summarize the list (from the ESV): 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith,…
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Jesus’ Commandment
“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” – John 15:13 – NKJV Christ Jesus, who would lay down His life for us as sacrifice and redemption for our sins, tells the Disciples how God’s love is unconditional and how God’s love is overflowing beyond description. But what about our…
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The Commitment of Christian Marriage
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Did we miss this? I love a good mystery. Don’t you? Especially at the moment you finally get it – the moment you figure out where the story has been headed all along. Paul writes a letter to the church (at Ephesus).…
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Africa: Faith in a House of Cards
Americans, Europeans, many South Americans, South Africans, Australians, upper class Indians and upper class Asians of countries like China and Japan are very blessed. Even though we may be poor compared to most of our own countrymen, most ‘relatively rich’ Christians (like us) do NOT see and hear the great need of many brothers and…
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And Walk in Love
Some may be familiar with the song: Footprints in the Sand. Many of us are familiar with the comfort of the poem: Footprints in the Sand. The poem speaks of the comfort of our Lord, Christ Jesus, during those most difficult times when we thought that we were walking alone. The poem was likely inspired by…
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The Mirror of the Holy Spirit
A brother in the Lord tells of looking in the mirror and hearing the Holy Spirit speak to him of his role in spreading the Gospel. Paul writes in his letter to the church at Corinth: 1 Corinthians 13: But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling…
