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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Song of Solomon Author: Solomon wrote Song of Solomon, according to the first verse. This song is one of 1,005 that Solomon wrote (1 Kings 4:32). The title “Song of Songs” is a superlative, meaning this is the best one.……Date of Writing: Solomon most likely wrote this song during the early part of his […]
“What is storgelove?”……The ancient Greek language had four words to describe different types of love:agape,phileo,eros, andstorge. Only two of these Greek words are used in the New Testament,agape(self-sacrificial love) andphileo(brotherly love).……A third type of love,eros, expresses sexual love, but the word is nowhere to be found in the New Testament. The fourth Greek word for […]