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