Love Never Ceases
Paul argues for the priority of love over gifts by stating that while prophesies will pass away and tongues will cease and knowledge will pass away, love never will. Love is enduring; it is permanent....
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It can be helpful for us to see what isn’t in the New Testament. Ray Ortlund can’t find various “one anothers”: Humble one another, scrutinize one another, pressure one another, embarrass one another,...
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Wisdom Directs Our Passions
Wisdom means living with directed passions. We learn this especially in the Song of Songs. Take a look at this well-known verse from the Bible’s most extended love poem: I am my love’s and my love is...
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Peter: Hope for Pastors
I was happy in my previous job as a fundraising consultant. I never dreamt of full-time church ministry, and I definitely didn’t think of myself as a good fit for youth ministry. I don’t have a jazzy...
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Aborted Babies and the Risk of Doing Nothing
For the first 10 years of my Christian life, I was internally pro-life but externally pro-choice. I believed abortion was wrong, I voted like abortion was wrong, but I lived as if it were no big deal....
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The Litmus Test of Genuine Christianity
In our pluralistic culture, churches have become so varied that they spread confusion about what it really means to be a follower of Christ. When it comes to hot-button issues like gun rights,...
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When a Church Loves a Woman
Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when it’s a farewell to someone or something you love dearly. In my case, it was a whole church. For nearly two years, a body of 300 people, including two...
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Scowling at the Angel
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” —Galatians 5:22-23 We sat together, just the...
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I Am Pajama Boy
No, I’m not the model they hired to pose for now infamous, ill-advised health care ad. But I am the kind of guy who would sit on a couch wearing pajamas, reveling in my hot chocolate with a pretentious...
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How a Dad Loves a Prodigal
My dad and I are really close. In fact, we’re so close that I worked for him doing all of his bookkeeping for the year before my twins were born. I loved talking to him nearly every day, especially...
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