“We love because he first loved us.” – 1 John 4:19 Have you ever tried to hold smoke or hug fog? Just because you can see it doesn’t mean it has substance. So also much of what is passed off as “love” in our culture evaporates as soon as you touch it. Not so with […]
Read More“For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And His commands are not a burden…” 1 John 5:3 I wrestled with this for a long time as a teenager. I wanted to obey the Great Commandment, “love the Lord your God” (Matthew 22:37), but I didn’t always feel like I loved God. […]
Read MoreCarson’s The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God (2000) may be slim in the number of pages (88 pages including end notes), but it is packed full of helpful insight on the neglected and often confused subject of the love of God. Carson begins by describing the cultural factors such as naturalism and pluralism […]
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