In this section of Romans, Paul laid out the case for love. He exhorted believers to honor God with their bodies by loving their fellow believer and showing hospitality. He urged us to outdo one another in showing honor. Our love is to be strong. (3 Minutes/800 Words)
Read moreArchival Post: Don't Awaken Romantic Love Too Quickly
“I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.” (Song of Solomon 2:7). Three times it had to be sung. Early in the romance, again close to the wedding date, and once more in their older years, the famed couple of the Song of Songs had to sing it. (2 Minutes/500 Words)
Read moreFor Whom Does Your Heart Burn? (Hosea 7:4-7)
Ready. Set. Go. The people of Israel, during Hosea's prophetic work, were primed and prepared for rebellion. Their hearts, like a preheated oven ready to bake, were predisposed to chase after various forms of heartbreaking and painful sin. Their temperature was on high -- 450 degrees and ready to get into something harmful. (3 Minutes, 500 Words)
Read moreDon't Awaken Romantic Love Too Quickly
Three times it had to be sung. Early in the romance, again close to the wedding date, and once more in their older years, the famed couple of the Song of Songs had to sing it. “I adjure you,” the song went, “that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.” Thrice the lyrics drifted from the pen, from their mouths, and into the eyes and ears of every reader of the song. We must hear these lyrics today, for the song is true, and the theme is timeless...
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Read moreTo Abhor Evil Is Part of Love
We might think of love as sentimental and soft, but a hatred of evil is a very natural outworking of love...
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