God Centered Life

When we think of love, we tend to think of the head-in-the-clouds folly of a young romantic. Love is for the youthful idealist, someone who has not yet been seasoned by adversity and learned in practice that sometimes strength is more important than affection. Paul teaches that understanding and showing love is part of being a mature Christian.

We as Christians will be better at advocating for the Bible, better at defending traditional values, and better at teaching the exclusivity of Christ if our rejoicing in truth is embedded in a 1 Corinthians 13 type of love.

We as Christians will be better at advocating for the Bible, better at defending traditional values, and better at teaching the exclusivity of Christ if our rejoicing in truth is embedded in a 1 Corinthians 13 type of love.

Perhaps we should contrast 1 Corinthians 13 to the popular pagan cults of today: "If I speak on the celebrity circuit to thousands but do not have love, I am just the sound of paparazzi flashes going off, or a noisy blog, or a meaningless tweet." Paul teaches about the countercultural beauty of love.

Perhaps we should contrast 1 Corinthians 13 to the popular pagan cults of today: "If I speak on the celebrity circuit to thousands but do not have love, I am just the sound of paparazzi flashes going off, or a noisy blog, or a meaningless tweet." Paul teaches about the countercultural beauty of love.

As we look at part two of the question "Is the Bible reliable?" we look at secular fake news about the Bible. We need to clear away the confusion and get to our goal of celebrating the Bible's reliability.

As we look at part two of the question "Is the Bible reliable?" we look at secular fake news about the Bible. We need to clear away the confusion and get to our goal of celebrating the Bible's reliability.

Here Paul lists several spiritual gifts in a bit of a hierarchy. The key is the signficance of the clarity of the gospel. The most important thing is that people understand it, so he lists the speaking gifts first. All of this needs to be understood in the context of love, submission to one another, and reverence for Christ.

Here Paul lists several spiritual gifts in a bit of a hierarchy. The key is the signficance of the clarity of the gospel. The most important thing is that people understand it, so he lists the speaking gifts first. All of this needs to be understood in the context of love, submission to one another, and reverence for Christ.

We are a body with different members and all are necessary. But unlike in the world where we give special honor to the especially honorable, in the church we do the reverse. The counter cultural aspect of the Christian community is its willingness to honor those who lack honor.