A Foundation of Love

INTRODUCTION:

We have to start somewhere. So I beg the question… “where should we begin?”

We have to start somewhere. So I beg the question… “where should we begin?”

Let’s begin by contemplating on (6) words from one of the most famous passages in the Bible.

Anchor Text: “For God so loved the world...”

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Love (NT and Early Jewish Literature)

There is a vast field of discourse about love which has nothing to do with sex or marriage. The distinction is not easy to accept in our post-Freudian age, for love by definition has for moderns sexual dimensions and all human relationships have in them a sexual component. The acknowledgment of that fact makes it inevitable that the 20th century reader may detect an erotic dimension in the NT view of love even though the word erōs never appears on its pages.

An Eternal Love Story

God’s Story Part One:

Old Testament

New Testament

What is love?

Hijacked Souls

Our Story

Our trauma impacts our capacity to love and to be loved

The Way Back Home

God’s Story Part Two:

The Cross

The Resurrection

Our Redemption

APPLICATION:

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Love (NT and Early Jewish Literature)

There is a vast field of discourse about love which has nothing to do with sex or marriage. The distinction is not easy to accept in our post-Freudian age, for love by definition has for moderns sexual dimensions and all human relationships have in them a sexual component. The acknowledgment of that fact makes it inevitable that the 20th century reader may detect an erotic dimension in the NT view of love even though the word erōs never appears on its pages.