Tag: John

  • agapē a fruit of Love from a Higher Branch

    Charity (agape) This is our chief aim, the unconditional love of the Father given to us through his Son. Affection, friendship and romantic love are each the training ground for charity to grow. It’s also a rival to the three. C.S. Lewis – Four Types of Love Even with a half-dozen mentions of the agape…

    agape agapetos agapao 'Amazing Love, How can it be?
  • All you need is Love Love Love

    Or should I say, Love, love, love, love perhaps four times? (As just a bit earlier than the Beatles another Englishman, Clive Staples, pointed out 4 loves — each at least somewhat different from the others?) Christians throw around the LOVE jargon rather vaguely and with much overlap (as does the world). Let’s have some…

    All you need is LOVE - Luke 6:27-37 and later the Beatles
  • Sanctification – saints washed in Christ’s Holiness

    Sanctification occurs only 5-10 times in the New Testament, while “sanctify” occurs 70 times in 65 verses in the KJV throughout the Bible. Doesn’t sanctification require someone or something to be ‘sanctified?’ What is sanctification? How is it different since Christ Jesus? Sanctification in the Old Testament Moses on Sinai Exodus 19 NKJV excerpt And…