“What is eros love?”……Unlike English, in which the word “love” means many different things, the Greek uses three words to describe the range of meaning that our word “love” conveys. The first word is eros, from which we get the English word ‘erotic.’ Eros is the word used to express sexual love or the feelings […]
What Does it Mean to be In Love?……Being in love is a mysterious thing. What is its purpose? Why did God create it? Sexuality still works without being in love. Affection, agape love and friendship are all still possible without it. Many arranged marriages throughout the ages have no doubt been happy and healthy without […]
Do You Really Know His Unconditional Love? …By Jonathan Fashbaugh, Given Life Ministries……I’m sitting at my dining room table, my lungs burning inside my chest. This is not some super-spiritual, metaphorical burning. My lungs really feel like they have hot coals in them. For four days, the area of Northern Colorado where I live has […]
“What is eros love?”……Unlike English, in which the word “love” means many different things, the Greek uses three words to describe the range of meaning that our word “love” conveys. The first word is eros, from which we get the English word ‘erotic.’ Eros is the word used to express sexual love or the feelings […]
“What is agape love?”……Answer: The Greek word agape is often translated “love” in the New Testament. How is “agape love” different from other types of love? The essence of agape love is self-sacrifice. Unlike our English word “love,” agape is not used in the Bible to refer to romantic or sexual love. Nor does it […]
Love your neighbor as you love yourself?”……An expert in the law tried to test the Lord Jesus by asking Him to declare what the greatest commandment in the Law of Moses. In one masterful statement, Jesus condensed the entire law that God had given Moses into this memorable explanation: “You shall love the LORD your […]
What does it mean “love always protects” ? 1 Corinthians 13:7……The “love chapter, 1 Corinthians 13, mentions four specific attributes of love that are “always” put into action. The first of these is that love “always protects” (NIV) or “love bears all things” (ESV and NKJV).……The Greek word for “protects” is stegei, which literally means […]