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Tag: Loving Others

  • Agape Love – – – Dallas Willard

    Agape Love – – – Dallas Willard

    Love, of the agape variety, is goodwill in action. To love something or someone is to act or be poised to act for the good of that thing or person. Love of neighbor is a disposition to act for what is good for those closest to us. If you see harm coming to them, you…

  • What Is God-Given Love?

    What Is God-Given Love?

    This article briefly examines how God’s love is different than the love generally known and experienced by humans. From Beautiful Christian Life……… https://www.beautifulchristianlife.com/blog/what-is-god-given-love

  • Sparkling Gems from the Greek – Love is Patient and Kind

    Sparkling Gems from the Greek – Love is Patient and Kind

    A great article looking in depth at love as described in 1 Corinthians 13. From Crosswalk.com……… https://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/sparkling-gems/sparkling-gems-from-the-greek-september-26.html

  • How We are to Love One Another

    How We are to Love One Another

    Bottom line: We can only love others by the power of Christ and His love for us! From OpentheBible.org……… https://openthebible.org/open-the-bible-daily/how-we-are-to-love-one-another/?s=09

  • 10 Questions Jesus Asked (and Why They Matter Today)

    10 Questions Jesus Asked (and Why They Matter Today)

    This article offers an interesting spin on learning about Jesus and our relationship with Him as followers by examining questions Jesus asked in the gospels. From Crosswalk.com……… https://www.crosswalk.com/slideshows/10-questions-jesus-asked-and-why-they-matter-today.html

  • “One Anothers” I Can’t Find in the New Testament

    “One Anothers” I Can’t Find in the New Testament

    Here is an excellent short devotional on the “one another” passages in the New Testament, but contrasting with the judgmental, critical and unkind “one anothers” that are not in the Bible. From pastor and author Ray Ortlund at TheGospelCoalition.org……. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/ray-ortlund/one-anothers-i-cant-find-in-the-new-testament-2/

  • 3 Obstacles to Giving

    3 Obstacles to Giving

    This article is about how to be a more giving person by wrestling with the three obstacles to being such a person as Jesus. “In this post, we’re looking at what keeps us from giving. Keep in mind that I’m not thinking about money when I say ‘giving.’ I’m thinking about giving our time, our…

  • Love is Inconvenient

    Love is Inconvenient

    ….Because it gives for the benefit of the other person! And agape love is for the benefit of the other with no expectation of return. That is why biblical love is supernatural! From CCEF.org……………………..

  • What the Bible Says About Love and Relationships

    What the Bible Says About Love and Relationships

    This article gives a nice, brief overview of what the Bible says about various human and divine love relationships. From Christian Crier……………..

  • Meeting a Green Witch While Walking with Jesus

    Meeting a Green Witch While Walking with Jesus

    By Lori Vafiades One of my greatest joys is encountering the creatives that are drawn to our co-op. My business partners and I represent over 20 Colorado Springs artists in our gift shop, Sanctuary Inspired Goods. We have never turned an artist away. Charlotte and her busker fiancé dropped in one late afternoon. Her red…