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A collection of 12 posts

love

A Greater Love

February 13, 2024

Love is one of the most ambiguous words in the English language. Consider the different ways we use the word love. I love ice cream. I love my wife. I love the Lord.

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims
love

The Need For Christian Love

December 14, 2021

The church is a place where worldly distinctions are melted away by an intense love fired by a common salvation, a shared hope, and the powerful indwelling by Holy Spirit. It is a love that is active and involved.

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims
love

Then You, My Love

August 03, 2020

I re-post this poem for Miriam on our 35th anniversary today. It originally appeared on Gentle Reformation on our 3oth anniversary. I hold to the sentiments expressed even more today. If love must

Barry York Barry York
Cross

'Good Friday'—The Best Answer to the Problem of Evil

March 30, 2018

Today—when millions of Christians around the world set aside time to remember Jesus’ death on the cross—we see that God Himself experienced the problem of evil. Yet in that very moment He also showed His complete goodness and His total control.

J.K. Wall J.K. Wall
Christian living

The Better Offer

March 16, 2018

I've been forced in recent days to reflect on the false theology that undergirds the act of taking up the better offer when we have made a prior commitment. I was

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
hell

Love and Hell

June 05, 2017

Hell is not mentioned much these days, except when used as a curse word. It is a topic that many consider outdated and a place that few believe actually exists. And in these

Barry York Barry York
1 Corinthians 13

Christian Love

October 28, 2016

In his wonderful book, Christian Love [http://www.wtsbooks.com/christian-love-hugh-binning-9780851518701?utm_source=kborg&utm_medium=blogpartners] , Scottish theologian and pastor Hugh Binning wrote: "In [love] a Christian should be like

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
1 Corinthians 13

"How Are You?" - and other declarations of malice

May 11, 2016

Imagine that you're severely stressed.   Maybe that's not too much of  a stretch for you right now.  If you're anything like me in tense times, then in

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
friendship

The Friendship Test

January 13, 2016

Is your loyalty as a friend being put to the test?  It might be, publicly, and you might have no idea it’s happening.  It could be happening right now as you read

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
George Herbert

Love (III) by George Herbert

July 16, 2015

In posting about the darkness of our age earlier this morning, I thought I would share the poem below.  In a class I am in being taught by Dr. Dennis Johnson, he read

Barry York Barry York
antinomianism

Our Father's Likeness

January 08, 2015

What is your gut reaction, honestly, when you hear the phrase: “Obedience to God’s law”?  Do you smile, or do you cringe?  And why? In the previous entry on this subject, we

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
F.B. Myer

Dusting Off the Word Love (Guest Post by Ken Smith)

February 07, 2013

_Valentine's Day is one week away, and I cannot think of a better way to prepare than to meditate on love with one who has been practicing it,  modeling it, and

Barry York Barry York
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