Introduction: Why the Question Matters Few words are used more often and understood less than love. Our culture defines love as a feeling, an attraction, or a personal preference. Songs celebrate it, movies sentimentalize it, and social media reduces it to affirmation. Yet Scripture offers something far sturdier and far more demanding. The Bible defines…
Awake, my soul, in joyful lays, And sing thy great Redeemer’s praise; He justly claims a song from me; His loving-kindness, O how free! He saw me ruined in the fall, Yet loved me notwithstanding all; He saved me from my lost estate; His loving-kindness, O how great! [Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, Though earth and hell my way oppose, He…
Loving and Hating at the Same Time: A Biblical Tension One of the more difficult tensions in the Christian life is how the Bible teaches us to both love our enemies and at the same time hate evil. Many people scratch their heads when they hear David say, “Do I not hate those who hate…