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Inexplicable Love

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  • John P. Sartelle

The author reminds believers that being a true disciple and witness of Jesus Christ is shown by the love that a believer has for his fellow believers in Christ (John 13:35; 1 John 2:9-11). The article also emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit in producing this love.

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Foundations of Political Action

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

The article revisits one of the great works of Augustine of Hippo, City of God, and discusses some of its main themes: man's love for God and man's love for men that may include man's love for himself. These major lessons are based on the Lord's command to love God and our neighbor (Matthew 22:37).

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Patrick: Missionary to Ireland

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  • George Grant

The author provides a short history of Patrick, known as the "apostle of Ireland," indeed one of the most successful missionaries to Ireland. The article draws important lessons from the life of Patrick, including Christ's command to "love your enemies and do good to those who hate you" (Luke 6:27).

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Amazing Grace

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  • R. C. Sproul

This author warns believers to be careful of some theologies of universalism or liberalism that, for example, teach us that God loves everyone the same. Instead, the Bible teaches a love for the redeemed, as well as another love for the unsaved.

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Loving Yourself

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  • Rob A. Schouten

Should you love yourself? If you would listen to the advice of many teachers, counselors, writers, and ministers, your answer would be, "Yes, I should love myself – deeply, completely and without reservations." This article discusses self-esteem and Christ-esteem, Matthew 22:7, self-image, and detesting yourself.

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Do I Not Hate Those Who Hate You, O Lord?

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  • John Piper

God has a right to call down judgment on his enemies. God hates unrighteousness. In the Psalms, the people of God express this judgment in their songs and prayers. This has nothing to do with personal vindictiveness, but rather foreshadows God's final judgment and is a call to return to God, who judges in righteousness.

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Love is a Command

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  • Paul Aasman

This article is about the love of God for us and love as a command in our lives.

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Love Your Enemies Marks of a Healthy Church 9

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  • David P. Murray

In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, he calls believers to "love your enemies" (Matthew 5:43-48). David Murray looks at this theme of loving your enemies as it is found in the Old Testament, as it was taught by the Pharisees, as Jesus taught it, and what this means for us.

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The Bible and Self Love: Are Christians Commanded to Love Self?

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  • Joel James

Looking at Mathew 22:37-39, this article shows that the teaching of self-esteem and self-love does not find its basis in the great commandment, but rather in worldly teachings.

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Love is ...

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  • Derek Swann

This article shows that equating love with feelings is unbiblical, although love does include feelings. 1 Corinthians 13 describes Christian love as going beyond feelings - it is a doing motivated by the model of God's love.

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Love in the Fellowship of Believers

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  • John Goris

This article focuses on what James, Paul and Peter write about love in the fellowship of believers.

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The Gift of Love

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  • Dale Van Dyke

This article is about a good understanding and definition of love.

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Nothing, Without Love

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  • Keith Davis

This article is about the love of God and love in the church fellowship. 1 Corinthians 13 is also discussed.

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Hating Sin and the Sinner

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  • Jakob Geertsema

Should we love the sinner and hate the sin? What does God do in this regard? This article looks at the love of God and the hate of God, how God reacts to sin and to the sinner, and shows us how we should love and hate.

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The Meanings of Love in the Bible

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  • John Piper

In this article, both the Old Testament and the New Testament are examined to discover the whole spectrum of the meaning of love in the Bible.

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Love and Its Correlatives

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  • John Murray

What does the love for God have to do with obedience and truth?

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Love Is in the Air

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  • Burk Parsons

"Instead of standing firm in love, many Christians have been duped by the world’s definition of love, which proclaims self rather than sacrifice." This article looks at the love of God, the goodwill of God, and sacrificial love.

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Our Good Opinion of Ourselves

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  • Maurice Roberts

This article is about the danger of self-love and the importance of knowing our weaknesses.

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The Supreme Grace of Christian Love

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  • Maurice Roberts

Love is the jewel among the graces of the Christian life. This article is about love, motive, our heart, and 1 Corinthians 13.

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Transforming Love

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  • Jerry Bridges

A deeply distressed father sat for two weeks in a pediatric ICU, watching his three-year-old son slowly die. During those two weeks he read through, quite surprisingly, a book on the Gospel. He later wrote to me, “I want to say to you the Gospel really is for real life.” This article is about sin and the forgiveness of sin.

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The Critical Relationship Between Love and Law

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  • Ernest C. Reisinger

This article is about the relationship between love and the law of God.

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Love One Another

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  • William MacLeod

Looking at the biblical command to love one another, this article shows that the standard in expressing this love is Christ, and it suggests some practical ways of showing this love to others. 

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The Love You Don't Need

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  • John MacArthur

This article discusses the kind of love we need to show, in light of Ephesians 5:1-3.

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The New Commandment and the Community It Creates

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  • Brad Watson

The Christian community is not something we create, but something we participate in. How? The Bible explains that it is by loving one another in God's church, because love is what characterizes the Christian community. This article explains what it means to grow together in this love.

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Righteous Anger (Or Not)?

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  • Egbert Brink

Is there such thing as righteous anger? This article shows that the Bible does indeed speak of righteous anger. However, for one to express righteous anger, he must examine his motives, show patience, and be prepared to forgive.

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How "Love God and Others" Is a Backward Gospel

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  • Justin S. Holcomb

The call to love God and others is not the gospel message, but the summary of the law. The law exposes our inability to love God and others, and points us to Christ, through whose power we may now love as well.

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Love-Making

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  • Justin S. Holcomb

Love is the desire of every human. Yet it is also one area where most fail. Why? This article explains that love can only flow from God's love.

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Flipping God the Bird

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  • Tim Challies

Are you pointing your middle finger toward God? This article explains that humanity does this by nature, on account of its hatred of God.

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Divine Command to Love

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  • Wayne Pearce

Essential to the welfare of the church and Christian witness is obedience to the command of Christ that we love one another. This article explains the nature of this love, and the extent, model, and obedience of this love.

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Why Are You Friends with Your Friends?

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  • Tim Challies

How can you tell if you have true friends? How can you tell if your friendship to others is true? This article answers.

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Love's Beautiful Attributes and Activities

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  • Joel R. Beeke

Looking at 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, this article shows the negative and positive side of love that should characterize Christians.

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Love

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  • J. I. Packer

Love is the hallmark of the Christian life, as this article.

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Characteristics of the Christian (2): Living Lovingly

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  • Bob Burridge

Bibically, Christians are characterized by love. This article explains why Christian love is different from worldly love, and how this love can be cultivated among Christians.

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Words of Love

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  • Bob Burridge

Working from John 21:15-17, this article compares two Greek words for love—agapao and phileo. These words are used interchangeably, and do not necessarily refer to a higher love and a lower love.

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Love in the Bible

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  • Bob Burridge

What is the meaning of love? This article shows that love is a disposition implanted into needful human hearts by the prevailing grace of God. By it we are enabled to joyfully obey the revealed desires of our Creator, both toward the Lord himself and toward others. Without this work of God, man would remain doomed.

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Loving God

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  • Jim Cromarty

Only Christians can obey Matthew 22:36-40, because Christians are the only people who are given a heart of flesh which is capable of loving God. This love for God serves as motive for obedience toward God.

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Loving Your Neighbour

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  • Jim Cromarty

This article shows what it means to love your neighbour by pointing to the nature of biblical love modeled for us by God. This love is sacrificial, is not envious, and seeks the good of others.

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Do You Love Me?

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  • Roger Fellows

If the greatest commandment is to love God, then the greatest sin is a failure to love God.

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The Primacy of Love in the Christian Life

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  • Erroll Hulse

This article looks at the importance of love in the Christian life. The author discusses Philippians 1:9 in relation to this.

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Loving God Without an Agenda

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  • Kevin C. Cobb

The author of this article calls Christians to love God for who He is, not only for what He gives. Psalm 150 shows that this can be done by praising God for what He has done and for who He is. Christians can better understand who God is by meditating on His attributes.

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Truth and Love

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  • John Piper

This article discusses four ways in which truth and love relate to each other.

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Self-love and the Christian Counselor's Task

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  • John Piper

The self-love Jesus had in mind when He said, "Love your neighbor as yourself", was not a command to love yourself. He used the reality of self-love, and made it the measure of neighbor love. Is it important that we have self-love?

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How is God's Love Experienced in the Heart?

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  • John Piper

How can I truly experience and feel God's love for me?

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1 Timothy 4:12 – Be a Living Example of God's Living Love

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  • Tim Challies

Christian love cannot be hidden. From 1 Timothy 4:12 this article shows how a Christian can live a life of exemplary love.

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What’s in It for Me? The Selfist Philosophy

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  • Unknown

Selfism has become the dominant theory in modern psychology. This approach rooted in selfishness poses a threat to humanity. This article highlights some of the threats.

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1 John 4:7 - God's Example

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  • Clarence Bouwman

This article on 1 John 4:7 is about the love of God as an example for loving our neighbour.

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Jonathan Edwards

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  • Simon Vibert

This article looks at the life of Jonathan Edwards based on his understanding of the different types of love. The author shows that love for self and others can only be genuine if it is rooted in love for God.

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Love – and it's Relations A Study on the First Fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5

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  • R. Murray

This article is about love: the love for God and the love for Jesus Christ. The author also discusses worldly love and the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22).

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The Ultimate Encounter - Narcissism and the Kingdom of God

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  • Theron H. Smith

Through much of the history of the Church those who have articulated Christian doctrine have viewed narcissism as the original and fundamental human problem. Augustine declared that the "primal destruction of man was self-Iove". This article takes an in-depth view at the role of the "I" in the confrontation with the Kingdom of God, where the most important one is the one who know how to be a servant.

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Biblical Attitudes to Romantic Love

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  • John P. Baker

What is romantic love? This study says it refers to the love of two persons of the opposite sex for one another, understood and expressed in terms of attraction and devotion. This love includes delight and joy in appreciation of each other, including the sexual and physical aspects. The study offers a fresh look at the Bible's understanding of romantic love especially in relation to courtship and marriage.

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The Mandate: Love Our Enemies Matt. 5:43-48

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  • John Nolland

Nolland studies Matthew 5:43-48 and other key texts that highlights the command to love our enemies as a priority in Christian discipleship. He further sheds light on Jesus’ teaching by setting it in the wider context not only of Matthew’s gospel but also of the ancient world and the Old Testament. He demonstrates that, without being critical of the Old Testament, Jesus radically extends its teaching.

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1 Corinthians 13 - Christian love

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  • J. D. MacMillan

In this article on 1 Corinthians 13, the author focuses on the different aspects of love that this chapter describes, as well as the relation of love and spiritual growth.

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