How can you enrich your understanding with word or phrase studies? Our focus is agapē-love. What is agapē-love, and how can you...
At times, the English language lets us down. These are two of those times. First, in Greek, the 16 qualities of love in 1 Corinthians...
By my count, nine of the 16 qualities of love in 1 Corinthians 13 are negative—what love is not. We explored the initial two qualities...
What are these two more things love is not? Love is not rude; it is not self-seeking. Together, the traits of rudeness...
Two behaviors that are poison in any relationship are exploding anger and keeping memories alive of wrongs suffered. What is the...
Believe it or not—love discriminates. Love chooses what and what not to rejoice in, delight in, and celebrate. In 1 Corinthians 13:6,...
What does it mean that love bears all things and endures all things? What is the difference between “bears” and “endures,” and what...
What does this saying mean? “Lock the door and throw away the key.” It is a metaphor. We are not talking about incarcerating...
Failure permeates our lives and societies. We fail in a task; someone lets us down; a crucial piece of equipment fails; a government,...
For many, this post enters the realm of controversy. Glossolalia is the Greek word for ‘speaking in tongues.’ It is the simple...
How can we discern between a proper and an improper expression of authentic spiritual gifting, between the false and the true? Keep...