Tag: Love
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Filled by Love
Now when the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order. Then it goes and brings along with…
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Cross of Love
The cross, which is the central image of Christian faith and life, is tragically too often misunderstood. Instead of the cross portraying the endless love of God in the face of human cruelty, what I believe to be its true meaning, others interpret the cross as the cruelty demanded by God in the face of…
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Mistaken Love
I decided a long time ago that I would rather be loving than right. What I mean is, when I am in doubt, because I am unsure and not completely confident of what I should do, I should err on the side of being loving. To be “right” on a particular matter, but in a…
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Divine Love and Power
The world that we have created, the one we have shaped in every culture and throughout history, operates on the basis of power. Raw, coercive force is the fundamental calculation and currency of human societies. Everything comes down to who has power, who needs it, and what can be done with it. The world’s constituent…
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Perfect Love
The perfect love of God has within its nature what appears, at least to us, to be a paradox, if not a complete contradiction. The confusing reality is that we are told God loves absolutely everyone and everything, the whole world, as all is right now (John 3:16). We would be less confused if Jesus…
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The Father of Love
Two prevalent, but inaccurate, ways of viewing God are common: as either the enforcer of a moral code, or as primarily the resource for all that we desire. This is God as either maker of laws or bestower of blessings. Certainly, God could be seen as both, but usually the tilt is toward one or…