Articles for tag: Love

November 1, 2023

Ben Simms

How to Lead with Love . . . Without Compromising Truth

How to Lead with Love . . . Without Compromising Truth

By Ben Simms  “How can we love people without compromising truth?”    This is a complex and challenging question, yet Jesus demonstrated it throughout his ministry. In a world that increasingly seems to want to bring down the church and challenge the teachings of Jesus, we must seek to love.  As culture wages war with the truth, we are constantly bombarded with messages that run counter to how Scripture calls us to live. One of our primary purposes on earth is to love people toward the kingdom of Jesus. The culture wars, while significant, can be a way for Satan to

November 1, 2023

David Roadcup

Agape Love in the Life of an Elder

Agape Love in the Life of an Elder

By David Roadcup  Cornerstones were critical in the architecture of the ancient world. A cornerstone was traditionally the first stone laid for a structure, with all other stones set in reference to it. Thus, a cornerstone determined the position of the entire structure. Cornerstones have been around for millennia. A poorly crafted or placed cornerstone can compromise an entire structure.    In the life of an elder or church leader, several critical cornerstones need to be identified, grown, and matured. Examples include these:   POWERFUL AND IMPACTING LOVE  Scripture uses four Greek words for love: eros (extreme self-gratification), storge (love for family), filos

November 1, 2023

Gary L. Johnson

Love Is Always a Choice

Love Is Always a Choice

By Gary L. Johnson  We make choices from the time we get out of bed until long after the sun sets. Some choices are simple and some are more serious, ranging from what clothes we wear to whom we marry. Weighty decisions are difficult, while simple decisions are made with little thought or effort.   “What the World Needs Now Is Love” was a hit song in the mid-1960s, but that sentiment holds true in today’s era of conspicuous conflict. But will we choose to bring actual love into the corner of the world we call home?   In a TED Talk

March 1, 2023

Christian Standard

Why the Resurrection Matters

By Steve Wyatt   His name was Cleopas—and he felt hopeless. So did his friend.   These two friends had gone to Jerusalem to join up with Israel’s latest, greatest world-changer—another prophet, this time from Nazareth, who was rumored to be the one who would forever end Rome’s tyrannical reign.   But instead?   Although they had left hopeful, they were returning hopeless. Have you ever been there . . . hopeless?   • Yes, these guys were believers.  • Yes, they had grown to deeply love Jesus.  • Yes, they had dropped everything to follow him.  Here’s the problem: Jesus was trapped behind a huge stone, and

March 1, 2023

Rudy Hagood

Good + Grace = Great (Marriages)

Good + Grace = Great (Marriages)

By Rudy and Osharye Hagood  There is something wonderful about a perfect gift. When God created vegetation, day and night, wild animals, crawling things, he declared each of those things to be “good.” Yet God outdid himself when he gave us a spouse. God even got an “amen” from Adam, who said, “Now this is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh” (Genesis 2:23). In his own image, male and female, God created them, giving them dominion (care and management of, concern for, and rule over the earth), and God declared it “very good.”  Husbands and wives are

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