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In this powerful message, we dive into the life-changing impact of forgiveness. Letting go isn't just about moving on—it's about breaking free from the pain and resentment that hold you back. Jesus calls us to forgive not just once but over and over, even when it seems impossible. But how do we actually do that?Maybe you're struggling to let go of a hurt that's deeply rooted, or you're stuck in a cycle of bitterness that feels impossible to break. You're not alone. True forgiveness is more than just words—it's an act of surrender that brings spiritual freedom and relational healing.Join us as we uncover why forgiveness isn't just a suggestion but a command from God—a powerful pathway to living in freedom and peace. We'll explore key Bible passages like Matthew 18:21-35, Ephesians 4:31-32, Colossians 3:13, and Luke 23:34 to see how forgiveness is not only possible but essential for living the abundant life Jesus intended for you.Our mission at 2Rivers is to help you grow as a passionate follower of Jesus. Let this message inspire you to release the weight of unforgiveness and step into the freedom that comes with surrendering it all to God.Don't miss out—hit SUBSCRIBE to stay connected with our latest content! LIKE, SHARE, and FOLLOW for more encouraging messages that equip you to live out your faith every day.**Resources mentioned during the sermon:**- [1 Corinthians 13 - The Love Chapter](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13&version=NIV)- Pastor James MacDonald's teachings on forgivenessTo connect with us on other platforms, check us out on:Facebook: /2RiverschurchInstagram: /2Rivers_Church#Forgiveness #ChristianLiving #2riverschurch #jesusistheleadstory # jesusreexamined

In this session of the Wonderful Words of Life Radio Program we will be looking into 1 Corinthians 13 which is popularly called the "Love Chapter". There is no love that can be greater and more effective than the love of God. +++++++ You can find more information on my website: https://pastorjohndunning.com/ You can hear my personal testimony on this website: https://www.ifyouonlyknew.life/

A Sermon for Quinquagesima 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 by William Klock The other night I was trying to read while Veronica was practising in the other room.  She has a concert with the Symphony next week.  I was finding her practising more distracting than usual, because the piano part of this one piece is really quite unpleasant all on its own.  There's no melody, just sort of periodic backup for the rest of the orchestra.  Lots of rests and then a few notes that seem almost random if you don't know the piece.  It was very disracting to listen to.  But bring all the instruments together, let them all play their parts and you've got a wonderful piece of music.  The Bible is very much like that.  There are all sorts of themes and sometimes we put all our attention on just one and it ruins the music.  But the better we know and understand the Bible and the big story of God and his people, the better able we are to hear all of those themes, each playing at the right time, each balanced with the others, so that we're able to hear the grand music that God has—not only for us to hear, but for us to participate in. So if I were to tell a parable the way Jesus did, I might say, “The kingdom of God is like…a symphony.”  When Jesus came he introduced a new piece of music to his people.  The thing was that it wasn't really new; it's that everyone had forgotten it.  The Lord had taught it long before to Adam and to Eve.  When their children lost the tune the Lord came and taught it again to Abraham and then to Moses and to the Israelites.  It wasn't an easy tune—mostly because sinful human beings lacked the full ability to play it.  And so the tune God taught Abraham and Moses was a bit like a simple melody line played on the piano with one hand.  But it was still true to the original.  But even as simple as it was, Israel struggled to play it.  And then when Jesus came he amazed everyone by sitting down at the piano and playing the full harmony with both hands.  The music took on new life.  It was fuller and richer and more beautiful than anything anyone had heard since Adam's day.  Some people didn't like it.  Some people flat-out refused to learn it or even listen to it.  But Jesus taught it to a few and each of them taught it to a few and each of those to a few and pretty soon thousands were playing and the music was spreading all over the world.  At some point someone taught it to each of us and now you and I are playing that tune. And yet, even still, we know—or at least we should know—that there's more yet to come.  What Jesus has taught us to play isn't the full piece of music.  It's like the piano solo leading into the great orchestral piece.  It gives a taste of what's to come, but to hear the full symphony we have to wait for Jesus to return—for Jesus to come back from heaven, bringing the kingdom with him in all its majesty and eternal glory.  In the meantime, we play the piece he's taught us, the piece he's specially equipped us to play.  And as we see in our Epistle this morning from First Corinthians, at the heart of this music Jesus has taught us—the melody of it that holds it all together and that will lead into something so much greater one day—the heart, the theme of that music is love. So let's look again at 1 Corinthians 13.  We often call it the “Love Chapter”.  But think about the context.  Paul sticks this love chapter in the middle of a discussion about the Church, about living together as the body of Christ, about spiritual gifts, and about worship.  A lot of times we take this chapter out of context and we think of it in terms of, say, romantic love.  We read it at weddings.  (Not that that's bad!)  There is a sense in which what Paul describes here is about the love of husband and wife, but only because it is first and foremost about love amongst Christian brothers and sisters, love in the Church, that spills over into every aspect of life and into every relationship in light of Jesus and what he's accomplished. During Epiphanytide we were reading in Romans where Paul describes the Church as being like a body, everyone gifted and equipped for a certain task, not for their own benefit, but for the benefit of the whole Church and our kingdom mission.  And at the beginning of the season, we were reading about the Church as a temple, each of us a stone, shaped and carved and cut very carefully by the Lord and all purposefully fitted together as the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit.  Last Sunday we read Paul's second letter to the Corinthians.  They were boasting to each other about their gifts and achievements and they'd started following teachers who boasted in their achievements—boasting as Greeks and Romans typically boasted.  It was how people climbed to the top of the heap and demanded respect and honour.  But in contrast Paul describes his own accomplishments: he'd been arrested, beaten, whipped, scourged, shipwrecked, cold, hungry, naked, shamed and run out of town in dishonour—all for the sake of his brothers and sisters, the very ones, in fact, who rejected him.  And we think: How is this all possible?  How do we live for the sake of others?  How do we die to self for the sake of others?  How do we sacrifice for the sake of others?  The last two Sundays pointed us toward discipline and humility.  Today the lessons point us to love.  Love is the theme that ties the whole symphony of the kingdom together.  And so after describing the way the Church acts as a body with each using his or her gifts for the sake of others and, ultimately, for the sake of Jesus and his kingdom Paul writes: I will show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.  If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. (1 Corinthians 12:31b-13:4) It's not just about having and using gifts or about doing things in the Church.  The Corinthian Church had no lack of gifts.  It had no lack of activity.  It had no lack of people wanting to contribute money to this cause or that cause.  (One of the reasons Paul wrote to them was to raise money to support the struggling Christians in Jerusalem.)  The problem in Corinth was a lack of love.  Without love all the amazing things they were doing might as well have been nothing. Back in Chapter 3 Paul used the illustration of building a temple.  Like the temple in Jerusalem, it was built of carefully hewn wood, cut stones, gold, and precious jewels.  Jesus is the foundation and others, like Paul and the Corinthians, were building on that foundation, but not everyone was building with stone or with gems and precious metals.  Some were building with hay and straw.  At the end, he says, it'll all be tested with fire.  The hay and straw will go up in smoke.  This is an image here that gives us a sense of what lies in store.  Other passages talk of the old heaven and earth passing away and a new world being ushered in.  I'm sure much of the language is figurative—the reality is at this point beyond our understanding.  However it happens, though, that which is unworthy, that which is the product of sinfulness and selfishness, that which does not honour God will be consumed and will pass away, leaving a new world in which only the holy and the God-honouring remains.  Only the work in which people truly invested—the stone, the gold, the silver, the precious jewels—will remain.  Some people will make a good show of building, but if love is not their motive, it's not going to last—it will be exposed and consumed by God's judgement.  If love isn't the motive, when Jesus comes and draws our music into his own great symphony, those who have been playing their own tune will have nothing to contribute. Paul goes on in verses 5-7: Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.  Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.   This is what will be left.  This is the melody that Jesus will take up into his great symphony.  And it stands in stark contrast with the ways and values of the present age, but it stands in contrast, too, with the ways and values of many people in the Church.  What Paul does is to hold up Jesus as our model for love. Jesus is patient and kind.  Remember, he came to condemned sinners, not to heap up more condemnation, but to redeem.  We have dishonoured God and made a mess of this creation he so lovingly created.  He would be within his rights to simply hit control+alt+smite and reboot everything—to wipe us out and start over from the beginning.  God has every right to leave us dead in our sins, but because he loves us, he is patient and has given himself—the life of his Son—to restore us to life and to his presence.  To make us his people once again.  Again, love is patient and kind. And, Paul writes, love is not envious or boastful.  Think again of Jesus.  He who is God humbled himself in the incarnation—again, for our sake—becoming one of us.  And he came not as a great king or warrior, but as the son of a humble girl and her very ordinary husband, raised in a poor backwater, and finally dying—for our sake—the humiliating and painful death of a criminal—a death we deserve, but that he did not.  He had more right to boast than anyone who has ever lived, but as they pressed the crown of thorns on his head and beat him, mocking his sovereignty, he chose not to revile them in return.  Instead, as he was dying he prayed for the very men who were standing there gloating and jeering at him. Love is not irritable or resentful.  Again, God is patient and long-suffering.  Rather than resenting us for our sins, the Lord has given himself to redeem us from them.  Love does not rejoice at wrongs.  Just the opposite.  The angels in heaven rejoice with the Lord whenever a sinner repents.  Again, think of Jesus: Love bears all things…believes all things…hopes all things…endures all things.  Has anyone borne more or endured more than Jesus? And with that image in our heads we need to think of ourselves.  Are we patient and kind?  And we need to be honest.  It's easy to be patient and kind some of the time and with the people we like, but what about the people we don't like?  What about those difficult situations we find ourselves in?  Are we really patient and kind?  Are we envious and boastful or, like Jesus, are we humble and willing to give up our honour for the sake of others—even for the sake of people who hurt us and wrong us.  Are we willing to admit when we are wrong and when we have sinned?  Are we irritable and resentful?  These are sins that Christians can be very tolerant of.  Sometimes we even turn irritability and resentment into virtues when the right people and situations come our way.  What's my reaction when Mormon missionaries knock on my door or when a telemarketer calls?  I admit that I can be pretty irritable and most people would say that that's just fine when it comes to telemarketers and cult members.  People of Jesus' day were often like that when it came to tax collectors and prostitutes and gentiles, but Jesus instead forgave these people, made them new, and welcomed them into his family. Again, where and how do we fall short of Jesus' model of love?  In our families?  In our workplaces?  In our schools?  In our church?  And imagine the difference it would make around us if love were the driving force, the motive behind everything we do.  Imagine what it would be like if we gave of ourselves, our rights, our honour, our glory the way that Jesus did. And it sounds good, but I know it also sounds impossible.  How can we ever give of ourselves the way Jesus did?  Sometimes it's hard enough giving this way to people we love.  What about people who aren't close to us, people who have hurt us, people who are our enemies?  This is why we need to have the example of Jesus always before us.  We need to remember that we were his enemies.  We need to remember that he owed us nothing but judgement, and yet he became incarnate and died for us.  We need to think and meditate on the depth of love that God manifested towards us in Jesus.  Brothers and Sisters, the love of God in Jesus should motivate and transform us. But that's not all.  Love is impossible, and for that reason Jesus has done more than give us an example.  He's washed us of our sin and he's given us God's own Spirit.  Think back to John the Baptist.  He told the people, “I've plunged you into the water, but one is coming who will plunge you into the Holy Spirit.”  Jesus doesn't forgive our sins and leave us in some kind of neutral state.  He forgives our sins and then pours his own life into us.  Remember: The Lord didn't rescue the Israelites from slavery in Egypt just to leave them wandering in the wilderness.  No.  He freed them from Egypt, he made them his people, and he took up his dwelling in their midst as he led them into a new home and new way of life.  And just so with Jesus, but on an even grander scale.  Jesus rescues us and frees us from sin and death, he makes us his people—more specifically, Paul talks about Jesus making us his own body—and he comes and dwells, not just in our midst, but actually inside us.  He makes us his temple as he pours his Spirit into us.  But his ultimate plan isn't just to save us, but to redeem his entire creation—to set us back on the track that Adam and Eve abandoned when they sinned, to make us his stewards and his priests.  And so as Israel's destination was the promised land, our destination is the New Jerusalem, the kingdom that Jesus has promised to bring in all its fullness.  That's the future, but in Jesus that future has burst into our present.  In the Holy Spirit Jesus gives us a foretaste of what is to come.  He invites us to play the music of the kingdom and the music of the kingdom is love. Again: If it's not driven by love, it won't last.  And Paul drives this point home in the rest of the passage.  It's not just that the things we do without love will go up in smoke when the kingdom finally comes in all its fullness, but even many of the good things Jesus calls us to do will be overwhelmed by the great theme of love.  Look at verses 8-13: Love never ends.  As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.  For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.  When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.  When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.  For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face.  Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.   First Corinthians gives us the distinct sense that the church in that city was fixated on certain miraculous gifts, especially prophecy and tongues, not only elevating those who had these gifts above others, but emphasizing to everyone that these gifts were sort of the end-all-be-all of Christianity.  Forget everything else—put it all aside—and pursue prophecy and tongues!  But Paul is warning them and saying, “No.  These gifts are great and they're useful, but there's something far more important: cultivate love.  Real love.  The kind of love manifest by Jesus at the cross.  If you want to build the kingdom, don't pursue gifts.  If you've got them, use them—lovingly—but pursue love above all else.  When the kingdom is here and we're all living in God's presence, there will no longer be any need of prophecy, but there will be a need for love.  The same goes for tongues.  Who needs tongues when the curse of Babel is done away with?  But we'll still need love. Paul describes it in terms of growing from a child into an adult.  I had a Big Wheel when I was a little kid, but now I ride a real bicycle.  The Big Wheel taught me how to pedal and steer and not run people over.  At one point I had training wheels on my bike that kept me from falling over.  But they did their work and now I'm a grown-up and I don't need those childish things.  In the present age our view of God is dim.  Paul describes it in terms of an ancient mirror made of polished metal.  The reflection was imperfect and dark.  And so is our view of God.  Even as redeemed men and women, there's a veil, a gulf between us and God.  Our sin has split apart heaven and earth, but Jesus has begun the work of bringing us back together.  One day we will stand before God face to face.  We'll know him not only through the mediating words of Scripture or through the mediating work of the Holy Spirit, but we'll stand before him and know him face-to-face. And it's on that day that our music will be taken up into God's great symphony and all that will remain is love.  Faith, hope, and love remain, he says—they're essential to our life as the Church, as the people of God today—but above all we need to learn to love.  It's not that faith and hope aren't important.  They're vital, but without love they'll be out of tune with God's symphony.  We live by faith.  We take hold of Jesus, the forgiveness of sin and the promise of life, and we take hold of him by faith as we trust in him.  We submit to his lordship by faith.  And we live in hope—living for a kingdom and a world for which we have only a down payment.  But on the great day when Jesus returns and the kingdom is consummated, faith will vanish into sight, hope will be fulfilled, but love will only intensify, growing greater and more profound as we see our Lord face to face and the weight of sin and death is finally and fully lifted from us—as the blurry image of the mirror is replaced by the real thing—as our simple one-handed song of love on the piano is taken up as part of the Lord's grand symphony of love. Brothers and Sisters, think of the words of the Lord's Prayer: “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”  We pray these words so often and know them so well that we easily forget what they really mean.  This is a prayer that looks forward in faith and hope to the day when we will see him face to face; this is a prayer that looks forward to the day when we have grown from little children into adults; this is a prayer that looks forward to that day when love becomes Creation's all-consuming theme.  The Lord's Prayer looks forward to that day in hope and faith, but what it asks for is that this theme of love be manifested here today.  It asks in faith for love to be made known today in the midst of sin and of fear and of hate and of death.  And, Brothers and Sisters, that means that it's a prayer for our own hearts and minds to be transformed by the Holy Spirit, because if anyone is to manifest love in this present age, it is us, the only people in this world who know first-hand the love of Jesus.  So pray, “thy will be done, on earth as in heaven” and pray those words in hope of the coming kingdom and pray those words in faith, trusting and seeking for the Lord to give you his loving heart so that you can show his love in your church, in your family, in your workplace, in your school, in your community, and in your world. Let us pray: O Lord, you have taught us that whatever we do without love is worth nothing: send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtues; without which whoever lives is counted dead before you.  Grant this for the sake of your only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

In our second message of our relationship series, Pastor Nate addresses how women should respect their husbands, and men should love their wives, according to Ephesians 5:33. We also dive into the 5 love languages, while digging into I Corinthians 13, the Love Chapter.

What's the point of faith without love? In this powerful message, we dive into the heart of 1 Corinthians 13, often called the “Love Chapter.” But this isn't your typical wedding sermon. This is Paul's bold reminder that love isn't just a nice idea—it's the very essence of what it means to follow Jesus. The post Faith Without Love is Just Noise appeared first on Living Faith Missionary Church.

You'd be hard-pressed to go to a Christian wedding and not hear some part of 1 Corinthians chapter 13 read, also known as The Love Chapter. But today, let's look at how Paul defined biblical love in verses 4-7 as we think about being proactive in love to battle hate. 1 Corinthians 13 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud, or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. I tend to read or hear this passage and think about how I fall short in loving, based on the definition we are given here. Do you feel that way? Why might we hear these words through a negative filter? Because even with those closest to us, and when we work really hard to be good at love, we still have a selfish sin nature. Can you think of a situation that you are aware of your conditional, maybe self-serving love towards another person? So, how can we possibly love anyone like this passage talks about? Listen again to this same passage, but I'm going to change out one word throughout. That will give us the only possible way to love as we are taught here. Listen with your heart … Jesus is patient and kind. Jesus is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Jesus does not demand his own way. He is not irritable, and He keeps no record of being wronged. Jesus does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Jesus never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Isn't that incredible? Jesus can be interchanged with the word “love” because He is love and the embodiment of God's love. So, the closer we get to Jesus, the closer we get to love. The more we follow Jesus, the more we walk in the ways of love.

There is a stage of parenting where if dad says, “Kids, it's eight o'clock. Time to go!,” there is a high probability that he will hear the reply, “No, it's 7:57, Dad.” “Ok. That's not the point. Get in the car!” The Apostle Paul may have a similar response to how 1 Corinthians 13 is regarded today—quoted at so many weddings as "The Love Chapter." But is that the point? Listen to Pastor Brett's sermon on 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 for more.

As a disciple of Jesus, I have learned two critically important lessons along my life journey. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Corinthians 13. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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Hey everyone!Welcome to the final episode of the year! I'm really happy to get to this point and thank you all who have listened to this podcast, or found me this year and stuck around! I appreciate it more than you know. We will resume new episodes January 15th, 2025.At the top of the episode, I talk about making a list of your accomplishments. This can help put things in perspective when you feel like you got nothing done during the year, which was something I was contending with myself (8:38). Secondly, we discuss Chapter 8 in All About Love, where community is a focus, and how our relationship to it informs the importance we place on relationships vs. friendships (27:21). I hope you listen to the end.I started a blog! Visit (www.thelettersandlayers.com) and subscribe to the newsletter at the bottom of the homepage. I'd love to offer answers to your questions, real-time life updates and recommendations, and mental health/wellness insight and resources.As always, please share and recommend, and thank you so much for the support!EMAIL: contact@thelettersandlayers.com-OR-DM me through my social media handles! IG: @amaka_agI appreciate you!

We are continuing our study of 1 John with chapter 4, which is twenty-one verses. I love this chapter, the second love chapter in Scripture. Second only to the more famous love chapter, 1 Corinthians 13. As we read 1 John 4, you will see why this is the second love chapter. Do you understand love from a biblical perspective?

In this five part adventure Louise (Jack Kirby Crosby), Hans Von Suchandsuch (Dan Last), and Ten Toe Terry (Emil Freund) Greyhill's greatest lovers, have been sent to the city of Haran. Not for gold or for glory, but for Love! Lovestruck Juliet, Juliana The Silver, wishes to purchase a flower for her beloved, but there are those that stand in the way of love, and she will need all the help she can get. Will the purchasing of a flower be a simple affair? Will this gang of wild Libertine's save the day? How many oysters will they eat? Lend us your ears and find out.You can hear more D&D from Jack Kirby Crosby, Dan Last, and Emil Freund over at dicepaperrole.com or on their instagram. Or you can follow them individually on twitter here for Jack Kirby Corsby, here for Dan Last, or here for Emil Freund.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures+ bundle on our website or on Apple podcasts! And don't forget to head to peddlerspress.store to peruse all our merch and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this five part adventure Louise (Jack Kirby Crosby), Hans Von Suchandsuch (Dan Last), and Ten Toe Terry (Emil Freund) Greyhill's greatest lovers, have been sent to the city of Haran. Not for gold or for glory, but for Love! Lovestruck Juliet, Juliana The Silver, wishes to purchase a flower for her beloved, but there are those that stand in the way of love, and she will need all the help she can get. Will the purchasing of a flower be a simple affair? Will this gang of wild Libertine's save the day? How many oysters will they eat? Lend us your ears and find out.You can hear more D&D from Jack Kirby Crosby, Dan Last, and Emil Freund over at dicepaperrole.com or on their instagram. Or you can follow them individually on twitter here for Jack Kirby Corsby, here for Dan Last, or here for Emil Freund.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures+ bundle on our website or on Apple podcasts! And don't forget to head to peddlerspress.store to peruse all our merch and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this five part adventure Louise (Jack Kirby Crosby), Hans Von Suchandsuch (Dan Last), and Ten Toe Terry (Emil Freund) Greyhill's greatest lovers, have been sent to the city of Haran. Not for gold or for glory, but for Love! Lovestruck Juliet, Juliana The Silver, wishes to purchase a flower for her beloved, but there are those that stand in the way of love, and she will need all the help she can get. Will the purchasing of a flower be a simple affair? Will this gang of wild Libertine's save the day? How many oysters will they eat? Lend us your ears and find out.You can hear more D&D from Jack Kirby Crosby, Dan Last, and Emil Freund over at dicepaperrole.com or on their instagram. Or you can follow them individually on twitter here for Jack Kirby Corsby, here for Dan Last, or here for Emil Freund.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures+ bundle on our website or on Apple podcasts! And don't forget to head to peddlerspress.store to peruse all our merch and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the podcast! This week, we're looking at some "fan mail" and we'll be answering the question: is the completion of the Bible the end of Spiritual gifts?--The PursueGOD Truth podcast is the “easy button” for making disciples – whether you're looking for resources to lead a family devotional, a small group at church, or a one-on-one mentoring relationship. Join us for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Find resources to talk about these episodes at pursueGOD.org.Help others go "full circle" as a follower of Jesus through our 12-week Pursuit series.Click here to learn more about how to use these resources at home, with a small group, or in a one-on-one discipleship relationship.Got questions or want to leave a note? Email us at podcast@pursueGOD.org.Donate Now --1 Corinthians 13 is often called the “Love Chapter” due to its powerful emphasis on the necessity of love for the Christian life. However, this passage has also been the subject of considerable debate, particularly surrounding the meaning of the term "the perfect" in verse 10 and how it relates to the continuation or cessation of spiritual gifts like tongues and prophecy.Some argue that “the perfect” refers to the completion of the New Testament canon, and therefore, the miraculous gifts of the Spirit, such as tongues, prophecy, and knowledge, ceased once Scripture was completed. This cessationist view suggests that now that we have the Bible, we no longer need these gifts because Scripture is sufficient for our spiritual direction and maturity.This article will explore the context of 1 Corinthians 13 and challenge the interpretation that “the perfect” refers to the completed New Testament, showing instead that Paul is pointing to something far greater and still future—the return of Christ and the full revelation of God's kingdom.Q. Where did this interpretation come from in the first place?The interpretation that “the perfect” in 1 Corinthians 13:10 refers to the completion of the New Testament and that spiritual gifts like tongues, prophecy, and knowledge have ceased, primarily stems from the Cessationist theological perspective. This view emerged from a particular way of reading the New Testament and was later developed within certain branches of Protestantism.Here's an overview of how this interpretation evolved:1. Early Church to the ReformationIn the early church, there was no clear consensus that spiritual gifts had ceased after the apostolic age. The early Church Fathers, such as Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, and Tertullian, referenced the continued operation of spiritual gifts, including prophecy and tongues, in their writings. However, as Christianity became institutionalized and the church grew more organized, miraculous manifestations of the Spirit seemed to become less common, leading some to believe that these gifts were no longer needed.During the Reformation (16th century), Protestant reformers like John Calvin began to articulate a view that extraordinary spiritual gifts were no longer active. Calvin, in particular, believed that miracles and certain gifts, such as tongues and prophecy, were given for the foundational period of the church and had ceased after the apostolic age. He argued that the purpose of these gifts was to authenticate the apostles' ministry as they spread the gospel and that once the canon of Scripture was completed, they were no longer necessary. This line of reasoning laid a foundation for later Cessationist views.2. Post-Reformation DevelopmentThe...

In this five part adventure Louise (Jack Kirby Crosby), Hans Von Suchandsuch (Dan Last), and Ten Toe Terry (Emil Freund) Greyhill's greatest lovers, have been sent to the city of Haran. Not for gold or for glory, but for Love! Lovestruck Juliet, Juliana The Silver, wishes to purchase a flower for her beloved, but there are those that stand in the way of love, and she will need all the help she can get. Will the purchasing of a flower be a simple affair? Will this gang of wild Libertine's save the day? How many oysters will they eat? Lend us your ears and find out.You can hear more D&D from Jack Kirby Crosby, Dan Last, and Emil Freund over at dicepaperrole.com or on their instagram. Or you can follow them individually on twitter here for Jack Kirby Corsby, here for Dan Last, or here for Emil Freund.Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures+ bundle on our website or on Apple podcasts! And don't forget to head to peddlerspress.store to peruse all our merch and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this five part adventure Louise (Jack Kirby Crosby), Hans Von Suchandsuch (Dan Last), and Ten Toe Terry (Emil Freund) Greyhill's greatest lovers, have been sent to the city of Haran. Not for gold or for glory, but for Love! Lovestruck Juliet, Juliana The Silver, wishes to purchase a flower for her beloved, but there are those that stand in the way of love, and she will need all the help she can get. Will the purchasing of a flower be a simple affair? Will this gang of wild Libertine's save the day? How many oysters will they eat? Lend us your ears and find out.You can hear more D&D from Jack Kirby Crosby, Dan Last, and Emil Freund over at dicepaperrole.com or on their instagram. Or you can follow them individually on twitter here for Jack Kirby Corsby, here for Dan Last, or here for Emil Freund. Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures+ bundle on our website or on Apple podcasts! And don't forget to head to peddlerspress.store to peruse all our merch and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey Everyone!Happy November! I'm excited to come back with a new episode to start the month and kick off the holiday season. At the top of the episode I talk about some changes I've made to my appearance, like getting braces for the second-time and installing micro-locs. I follow-up with encouragement to prioritizing taking care of how you look if you feel moved to do so! When you look good, you feel good.The second segment of the podcast focuses on my thoughts about Tia Mowry's new show, Tia Mowry's My Next Act, and lastly I close by discussing chapter 7 in All About Love titled Greed: Simply Love.I started a blog! Visit (www.thelettersandlayers.com) and subscribe to the newsletter at the bottom of the homepage. I'd love to offer answers to your questions, real-time life updates and recommendations, and mental health/wellness insight and resources.As always, please share and recommend, and thank you so much for the support!EMAIL: contact@thelettersandlayers.com-OR-DM me through my social media handles! IG: @amaka_agI appreciate you!

In this episode, Thomas and Lysandra walk through the definition of love from 1 Corinthians 13 and apply that definition to the way that we should be treating our children. To watch the full video go subscribe to our YouTube channel. To share your story send an email to info@familymeeting.org or call 904-257-302 to ask your questions and receive a reply on a future episode. Want a more meaningful conversation with Thomas and Lysandra? Join our monthly members only call now!

What does a moderately firm handshake, a limp handshake, a firm handshake, a kiss on the cheek--perhaps once, twice or even three times!--a bow, one's nose to the forehead, a smile and a nod, and sticking out your tongue all have to do with love? Come this Sunday and find out as we continue in the Love Chapter of 1 Corinthians 13.Support the show

Hey Everyone!Happy October! We are well into the fall season -- for many people, this is often a time of transition, which is also the case for me, as I've decided to transition my hair into microlocs, and begin the episode talking about getting to this point. The second segment of the episode focuses on chapter 6 of All About Love, themes of love and power, how that affects how we relate with each other, and what we can change (12:05). I hope you listen to the end.I started a blog! Visit (www.thelettersandlayers.com) and subscribe to the newsletter at the bottom of the homepage. I'd love to offer answers to your questions, real-time life updates and recommendations, and mental health/wellness insight and resources.As always, please share and recommend, and thank you so much for the support!EMAIL: contact@thelettersandlayers.com-OR-DM me through my social media handles! IG: @amaka_agI appreciate you!

On this episode, the guys discuss 1st Corinthians 13, known as the Love chapter.  You can support the show at Buymeacoffee.com/laymenscup If you are listening on iTunes, please subscribe and leave a review. Laymen on iTunes If you have comments or questions for us, you can email us at laymenscup@gmail.com. Find us on YouTube by searching for LaymensCup. Make sure to subscribe and hit the notification bell! We are on Facebook at www.facebook.com/laymenscup. You can also follow us on Instagram and Twitter @laymenscup. It is always our hope to get the Gospel out to as many people as possible and you can help us by sharing the show. Word of mouth is the greatest way we will get the show out to the masses. Thank you. Please pray for us, as we are praying for you. Kemp, Wes, Shaun, Bob, and Ann Our Sponsors Candee Land Creations Navigating Neverland with Amy Carolina Furniture Mart

If you have ever been to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado or other beautiful areas, there are sometimes places along the side of the road marked "Scenic Overlook."  Like a delicious dessert, such places are meant to be taken in more slowly and savored.  Such places, by the beauty of the breathtaking view, demand we slow down and enjoy the view.  There are places like that in the Bible.  1 Corinthians 13 is one of them.  Beginning this Sunday, we will slow down for many weeks at the scenic overlook often called "The Love Chapter."Support the show

Welcome to our current podcast series, "Christian Living In The Current of Culture," where we study the timeless and relevant truths of 1 Corinthians. Each week, we explore how the Apostle Paul's words guide us in navigating the complexities of living for Christ in today's world.This week, Andrey Gorban brings us a message from 1 Corinthians 12:31b-13:13 titled “Love: The More Excellent Way”. In our text this morning, Paul writes to the Corinthian Christians the details of what is means to love. This is sometimes referred to as the "Love Chapter", and is often read at weddings. The message of love is so important for us because love is more important that any accomplishments we may have in our Christian life. Anything done for Christ without love is actually nothing. Jesus is the epitome of love in that he died for us while we were yet sinners and he deals with us gently. Love must always be the standard we use to assess how we are doing in the Christian life. We must honestly ask ourselves "Am I doing all things in love?" While grace gifts will pass away in the heavenly kingdom, love will continue into eternity when we see the source of love face to face in Christ. This is what we are called to—love of God and love of our neighbor as supremely important and which can only be done by His power at work in us.

In this 4 part adventure Fingers Malone (Lauren Bok), Mycelius Marsgrove (Ben Clements) Sister Bliss (Tricksy Collins) Greyhill's greatest lovers, have been sent to the city of Haran. Not for gold or for glory, but for Love! Lovestruck Romeo, Remus has purchased a come for his beloved, and it has yet to arrive. What become of it? Will this gang of wild Lotharios find it in time? How many times can you crowd surf in a D&D game? Lend us your ears and find out.You can find more of Lauren Bok over on her website, or instagram, more of Tricksy Collins on her Instagram, and more of Ben Clements on his twitter and you can hear more of ALL of them over on their D&D Podcast Dice Paper Role! Go listen!Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures+ bundle on our website or on Apple podcasts! And don't forget to head to peddlerspress.store to peruse all our merch and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this 4 part adventure Fingers Malone (Lauren Bok), Mycelius Marsgrove (Ben Clements) Sister Bliss (Tricksy Collins) Greyhill's greatest lovers, have been sent to the city of Haran. Not for gold or for glory, but for Love! Lovestruck Romeo, Remus has purchased a come for his beloved, and it has yet to arrive. What become of it? Will this gang of wild Lotharios find it in time? How many times can you crowd surf in a D&D game? Lend us your ears and find out.You can find more of Lauren Bok over on her website, or instagram, more of Tricksy Collins on her Instagram, and more of Ben Clements on his twitter and you can hear more of ALL of them over on their D&D Podcast Dice Paper Role! Go listen!Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures+ bundle on our website or on Apple podcasts! And don't forget to head to peddlerspress.store to peruse all our merch and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this 4 part adventure Fingers Malone (Lauren Bok), Mycelius Marsgrove (Ben Clements) and Sister Bliss (Tricksy Collins) Greyhill's greatest lovers, have been sent to the city of Haran. Not for gold or for glory, but for Love! Lovestruck Romeo, Remus has purchased a comb for his beloved, and it has yet to arrive. What become of it? Will this gang of wild Lotharios find it in time? How many times can you crowd surf in a D&D game? Lend us your ears and find out.You can find more of Lauren Bok over on her website, or instagram, more of Tricksy Collins on her Instagram, and more of Ben Clements on his twitter and you can hear more of ALL of them over on their D&D Podcast Dice Paper Role! Go listen!Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures+ bundle on our website or on Apple podcasts! And don't forget to head to peddlerspress.store to peruse all our merch and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The "Love Chapter" of 1 Corinthians 13 highlights authentic love's nature by contrasting delight in evil with rejoicing in truth. It warns against finding pleasure in wrongdoings and encourages celebrating honesty and righteousness. The reflection prompts personal integrity, supportive relationships, cultural engagement, and a commitment to rejoicing in truth. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dailyrowe/support

In this 4 part adventure Fingers Malone (Lauren Bok), Mycelius Marsgrove (Ben Clements) Sister Bliss (Tricksy Collins) Greyhill's greatest lovers, have been sent to the city of Haran. Not for gold or for glory, but for Love! Lovestruck Romeo, Remus has purchased a come for his beloved, and it has yet to arrive. What become of it? Will this gang of wild Lotharios find it in time? How many times can you crowd surf in a D&D game? Lend us your ears and find out.You can find more of Lauren Bok over on her website, or instagram, more of Tricksy Collins on her Instagram, and more of Ben Clements on his twitter and you can hear more of ALL of them over on their D&D Podcast Dice Paper Role! Go listen! Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out the Imagination Adventures+ bundle on our website or on Apple podcasts! And don't forget to head to peddlerspress.store to peruse all our merch and help support the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we explore 1 Corinthians 13, commonly known as the love chapter. Often misunderstood as a mere description of love, this chapter actually reveals how love acts. The Apostle Paul corrects the Corinthians' unbalanced view of spiritual gifts and lays the foundation for a life grounded in agape love. We delve into the preeminence, practice, and permanence of this supernatural love that goes beyond emotions and circumstances. Join us as we uncover the depth of agape love and its transformative power in our lives and relationships.

#18 | The Love Chapter | 1 Corinthians 13 | Levi Scott

Dr. Jane Lovas vision is to cause 1 million leaders who lead based on the 3 Pillars of Leading with Love, “Know ThySelf”, “Put Others First”, “Create Success For All”. She is a leadership and executive coach, speaker, author and podcast host. With a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and certified as a Stakeholder Centered Coach. The author of Leading with Love: 3 Pillars for Transformational Leadership coming summer of 2024. 2)Dr. Jane Lovas' vision is to cause 1 million leaders who lead based on the 3 Pillars of Leading with Love, “Know Thy Self”, “Put Others First”, “Create Success for All”. She is a leadership and executive coach, speaker, author and podcast host. She has a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and is certified as a Stakeholder Centered Coach. The author of Leading with Love: 3 Pillars for Transformational Leadership coming summer of 2024. With a passion for reshaping organizational dynamics, Dr. Lovas stands as a visionary force in the field. When not focused on transforming leadership you can find her reading, at the beach or snow skiing or spending time with her family. Link to download Chapter 1 of Leading with Love: 3 Pillars for Transformational Leadership = https://www.lovasconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Leading-with-Love-Chapter-1-with-QR-Code.pdfWebsite: https://www.lovasconsulting.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janelovas/Sign up for 10Day Challenge: https://bit.ly/3PJk8qE --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mdntv/message

The love of God has the power to change a life and to change the world.But what does God's love -- real love -- look like? How is it different from the world's fake love?Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer as we continue our study of "The Love Chapter" -- 1 Corinthians 13Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's Message1 Corinthians 13:4-7Romans 5:3-4James 1:12Have you read my book, "Takin' it to Their Turf"?If not, you may request a copy on my website, www.åTomthePreacher.comWe send a copy to anyone who donates to our ministry, but if you can't do so, simply request a copy by sending us an email.Who do you know that needs to hear today's message? Go ahead and forward this to them, along with a prayer that God will use it in their life.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher To support Tom Short Campus Ministries, click herehttps://www.tomthepreacher.com/support************ Do you want to have all your sins forgiven and know God personally? *********Check out my video "The Bridge Diagram" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Kjwrlind8&t=1sCheck out my website, www.TomthePreacher.com, to learn more about my ministry and sign up for my daily email. And make sure to request a copy of my book, Takin' it to Their Turf, when you visit my website.Check out my videos on this channel to learn how to answer tough questions challenging our faith.

The love of God has the power to change a life and to change the world.But what does God's love -- real love -- look like? How is it different from the world's fake love?Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer as we continue our study of "The Love Chapter" -- 1 Corinthians 13Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's Message1 Corinthians 13:4-7Have you read my book, "Takin' it to Their Turf"?If not, you may request a copy on my website, www.åTomthePreacher.comWe send a copy to anyone who donates to our ministry, but if you can't do so, simply request a copy by sending us an email.Who do you know that needs to hear today's message? Go ahead and forward this to them, along with a prayer that God will use it in their life.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher To support Tom Short Campus Ministries, click herehttps://www.tomthepreacher.com/support************ Do you want to have all your sins forgiven and know God personally? *********Check out my video "The Bridge Diagram" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Kjwrlind8&t=1sCheck out my website, www.TomthePreacher.com, to learn more about my ministry and sign up for my daily email. And make sure to request a copy of my book, Takin' it to Their Turf, when you visit my website.Check out my videos on this channel to learn how to answer tough questions challenging our faith.

The love of God has the power to change a life and to change the world.But what does God's love -- real love -- look like? How is it different from the world's fake love?Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer as we continue our study of "The Love Chapter" -- 1 Corinthians 13Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's Message1 Corinthians 13:4-7Have you read my book, "Takin' it to Their Turf"?If not, you may request a copy on my website, www.åTomthePreacher.comWe send a copy to anyone who donates to our ministry, but if you can't do so, simply request a copy by sending us an email.Who do you know that needs to hear today's message? Go ahead and forward this to them, along with a prayer that God will use it in their life.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher To support Tom Short Campus Ministries, click herehttps://www.tomthepreacher.com/support************ Do you want to have all your sins forgiven and know God personally? *********Check out my video "The Bridge Diagram" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Kjwrlind8&t=1sCheck out my website, www.TomthePreacher.com, to learn more about my ministry and sign up for my daily email. And make sure to request a copy of my book, Takin' it to Their Turf, when you visit my website.Check out my videos on this channel to learn how to answer tough questions challenging our faith.

The love of God has the power to change a life and to change the world.But what does God's love -- real love -- look like? How is it different from the world's fake love?Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer as we continue our study of "The Love Chapter" -- 1 Corinthians 13Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's Message1 Corinthians 13:4-7Galatians 6:1Romans 15:1Have you read my book, "Takin' it to Their Turf"?If not, you may request a copy on my website, www.åTomthePreacher.comWe send a copy to anyone who donates to our ministry, but if you can't do so, simply request a copy by sending us an email.Who do you know that needs to hear today's message? Go ahead and forward this to them, along with a prayer that God will use it in their life.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher To support Tom Short Campus Ministries, click herehttps://www.tomthepreacher.com/support************ Do you want to have all your sins forgiven and know God personally? *********Check out my video "The Bridge Diagram" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Kjwrlind8&t=1sCheck out my website, www.TomthePreacher.com, to learn more about my ministry and sign up for my daily email. And make sure to request a copy of my book, Takin' it to Their Turf, when you visit my website.Check out my videos on this channel to learn how to answer tough questions challenging our faith.

The love of God has the power to change a life and to change the world.But what does God's love -- real love -- look like? How is it different from the world's fake love?Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer as we continue our study of "The Love Chapter" -- 1 Corinthians 13Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's Message1 Corinthians 13:4-7Have you read my book, "Takin' it to Their Turf"?If not, you may request a copy on my website, www.åTomthePreacher.comWe send a copy to anyone who donates to our ministry, but if you can't do so, simply request a copy by sending us an email.Who do you know that needs to hear today's message? Go ahead and forward this to them, along with a prayer that God will use it in their life.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher To support Tom Short Campus Ministries, click herehttps://www.tomthepreacher.com/support************ Do you want to have all your sins forgiven and know God personally? *********Check out my video "The Bridge Diagram" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Kjwrlind8&t=1sCheck out my website, www.TomthePreacher.com, to learn more about my ministry and sign up for my daily email. And make sure to request a copy of my book, Takin' it to Their Turf, when you visit my website.Check out my videos on this channel to learn how to answer tough questions challenging our faith.

The love of God has the power to change a life and to change the world.But what does God's love -- real love -- look like? How is it different from the world's fake love?Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer as we continue our study of "The Love Chapter" -- 1 Corinthians 13Scripture Used in Today's Message1 Corinthians 13:1-7Isaiah 5:20-23Have you read my book, "Takin' it to Their Turf"?If not, you may request a copy on my website, www.åTomthePreacher.comWe send a copy to anyone who donates to our ministry, but if you can't do so, simply request a copy by sending us an email.Who do you know that needs to hear today's message? Go ahead and forward this to them, along with a prayer that God will use it in their life.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher To support Tom Short Campus Ministries, click herehttps://www.tomthepreacher.com/support************ Do you want to have all your sins forgiven and know God personally? *********Check out my video "The Bridge Diagram" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Kjwrlind8&t=1sCheck out my website, www.TomthePreacher.com, to learn more about my ministry and sign up for my daily email. And make sure to request a copy of my book, Takin' it to Their Turf, when you visit my website.Check out my videos on this channel to learn how to answer tough questions challenging our faith.

The love of God has the power to change a life and to change the world.But what does God's love -- real love -- look like? How is it different from the world's fake love?Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer as we continue our study of "The Love Chapter" -- 1 Corinthians 13Scripture Used in Today's Message1 Corinthians 13:1-5Have you read my book, "Takin' it to Their Turf"?If not, you may request a copy on my website, www.åTomthePreacher.comWe send a copy to anyone who donates to our ministry, but if you can't do so, simply request a copy by sending us an email.Who do you know that needs to hear today's message? Go ahead and forward this to them, along with a prayer that God will use it in their life.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher To support Tom Short Campus Ministries, click herehttps://www.tomthepreacher.com/support************ Do you want to have all your sins forgiven and know God personally? *********Check out my video "The Bridge Diagram" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Kjwrlind8&t=1sCheck out my website, www.TomthePreacher.com, to learn more about my ministry and sign up for my daily email. And make sure to request a copy of my book, Takin' it to Their Turf, when you visit my website.Check out my videos on this channel to learn how to answer tough questions challenging our faith.

We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we're asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today's spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl. Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls.  In this series, we explore Frankl's book The Doctor and the Soul. Fr. Bill's guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl's work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery. This episode explores the existential meaning of love. What it is … What is it not … And how to find it in recovery. Show Notes: Links to Tom's website and his LIVE BETTER television series can be Accessed here.   https://contextualscience.org/tom_lavin_mft_lcadc_acata_live_better_psychoeducat Video of Viktor Frankl The Doctor and the Soul via Amazon: (Many used copies should be available)  Link to First Corinthians XIII  M. Scott Peck on Love https://apathlesstravelled.com/love-what-it-is-what-it-is-not-and-what-its-role-is-part-2/  Bill Wilson's article on Emotional Sobriety  The Sexual Crucible by David Schnarch (used copies)  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fatherbillw/support

The love of God has the power to change a life and to change the world.But what does God's love -- real love -- look like? How is it different from the world's fake love?Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer as we continue our study of "The Love Chapter" -- 1 Corinthians 13Scripture Used in Today's Message1 Corinthians 13:1-5Matthew 6:33Luke 19:10John 5:441 Corinthians 10:24, 341 Corinthians 14:1, 12Galatians 1:10Philippians 2:4, 20-21Have you read my book, "Takin' it to Their Turf"?If not, you may request a copy on my website, www.åTomthePreacher.comWe send a copy to anyone who donates to our ministry, but if you can't do so, simply request a copy by sending us an email.Who do you know that needs to hear today's message? Go ahead and forward this to them, along with a prayer that God will use it in their life.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher To support Tom Short Campus Ministries, click herehttps://www.tomthepreacher.com/support************ Do you want to have all your sins forgiven and know God personally? *********Check out my video "The Bridge Diagram" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Kjwrlind8&t=1sCheck out my website, www.TomthePreacher.com, to learn more about my ministry and sign up for my daily email. And make sure to request a copy of my book, Takin' it to Their Turf, when you visit my website.Check out my videos on this channel to learn how to answer tough questions challenging our faith.

The love of God has the power to change a life and to change the world.But what does God's love -- real love -- look like? How is it different from the world's fake love?Join me for today's  Daily Word & Prayer as we continue our study of "The Love Chapter" -- 1 Corinthians 13.Scripture Used in Today's Message1 Corinthians 13:1-5Have you read my book, "Takin' it to Their Turf"?If not, you may request a copy on my website, www.åTomthePreacher.comWe send a copy to anyone who donates to our ministry, but if you can't do so, simply request a copy by sending us an email.Who do you know that needs to hear today's message? Go ahead and forward this to them, along with a prayer that God will use it in their life.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher To support Tom Short Campus Ministries, click herehttps://www.tomthepreacher.com/support************ Do you want to have all your sins forgiven and know God personally? *********Check out my video "The Bridge Diagram" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Kjwrlind8&t=1sCheck out my website, www.TomthePreacher.com, to learn more about my ministry and sign up for my daily email. And make sure to request a copy of my book, Takin' it to Their Turf, when you visit my website.Check out my videos on this channel to learn how to answer tough questions challenging our faith.

In this sermon, we dive into 1 Corinthians 13, often referred to as the "Love Chapter." Join us as we explore the Apostle Paul's profound message on the importance of love over spiritual gifts. Through heartfelt stories and biblical insights, we learn that while gifts and talents are valuable, it is love that truly defines our legacy. Whether you're known for your gifts or still discovering them, this sermon will challenge and inspire you to prioritize love in all aspects of your life. Tune in to understand how love, as demonstrated by Jesus, is the ultimate measure of godliness and the key to a lasting impact.For more information about Integrity Church, visit our website, http://liveintegritychurch.org Connect with us on social media throughout the week to stay up to date on events and things happening at Integrity! Instagram: @integrity_church Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liveintegrity/

1 Corinthians 13 is widely known as "the love chapter." But it's not a chapter about romantic love. It's about Christ-like love: a far more powerful kind of love. In a culture that is confused about the very definition of love, it is essential for Christians to know and show the love of Christ.Support the Show.

I Peter 4:8 tells us, “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.”  But what does this mean, and how do we walk it out in a healthy way?  Does it mean dismissing sin, hiding abuse and allowing it to continue, accepting ongoing mistreatment without ever setting a boundary? Covering has several dimensions, and God is our example in all of them.  One aspect of covering is forgiveness, which is always associated with love, and the supreme example of this is Jesus taking our sin on Himself and dying for us.  In this way, God did more than just cover our sin; He completely did away with it.  He destroyed it.  He paid for it and satisfied what had to be done in response to it at a cosmic level.  God's forgiveness of our sin is never a dismissal of its significance; justice and mercy meet in the cross.  So, when we follow His example by loving one another and forgiving as God, in Christ, forgave us, we do not dismiss the significance of how another has harmed us.  We acknowledge it, and we forgive, allowing the God Who alone can bring together justice and mercy to be the One to Whom vengeance belongs – After all, He is the only One Who can be trusted with it. I Peter 4:8 addresses interpersonal relationships.  It gives us directions for dealing with each other day by day in a world where we really mess things up for each other sometimes.  What does it mean to let love cover “a multitude of sins” in our daily lives together?  Well, sometimes it means we let the little things go.  Sometimes as adults we have to learn not to “snag on” everything, or we will unravel. Human beings are so imperfect that addressing every little thing all the time just isn't practical.  If we are going to have any kind of relationship with one another, we have to learn to let a few things go.  (In fact, Cinthia recommends doing this physically to help ourselves address things with a sense of humor: Cock your head to the left, and say, “Ignore;” then cock your head to the right and say, “Delete.”  This is the Cinthia Hiett Ignore/Delete Button for humans.)  This is particularly applicable when we know the person's heart was not to harm us, when no malice was intended, when we are not deeply wounded or are simply able to let God heal the scratch without having to address it.  It means that we can refuse to let pettiness rule the day. Some of us are genuinely more sensitive than others, and things may hurt more.  It is okay to acknowledge this pain, but we have to be careful not to overuse our sensitivity or require others to constantly tend to slights we could handle well.  Even if we are highly sensitive, we still have adult brains.  We can use logic, talk ourselves through things toward forgiveness, and differentiate between irritation and harm.  Proverbs 19:11 says that good sense makes one slow to anger and that it is to one's glory to overlook an offense.  Love allows us to overlook minor offenses, tolerate provocations, to see what is big and what just bugs us. Sometimes, though, we do need to address things.  Covering does not always mean ignoring.  Another thing it means is that we can acknowledge the problem but put it into context, taking the other person's struggles into account.  Love means we can give each other time to allow for the processes of growth and maturation.  Love can acknowledge the reality of what someone has cost us but also allow for undoing and redoing, which can be done by the person who takes his own errors seriously.  This is part of what it means that love protects – love does not shame the person but says, “I have your back.  I am praying for you.  You can fix this.”  Protecting is not sweeping sin under the rug; it just means we don't throw people out.  The title of today's show is “God Does Not Cover Up Bad Things; He Covers Us.”  God's covering on earth is not intended as a ticket to do whatever we want and never consider the consequences for ourselves or others.  Romans 2:4 says that the kindness of God is meant to lead us to repentance.  He does not cover to enable sin but to lead us back to Him.  He gives us time to fix, to undo and redo, to learn and to grow.  And this is what we are to do for one another.  Covering does not preclude setting boundaries; boundaries protect love.  Covering does involve ignoring some things, but there are some things that should not be ignored.  In situations where we are trying to be deeply intimate with another person, there is less room to ignore, particularly if advantage is being taken and there is no effort at improvement. We also have to accept this forgiveness for ourselves, forgiving ourselves as He forgives us; otherwise, our self-hatred takes over our lives and works its way out to others.  God's forgiveness is not a buffet in which we get to choose forgiveness for ourselves separately from the forgiveness of others, or forgiveness of others but continued vengeance toward ourselves.  God's forgiveness takes over our lives and changes our approach to all the humans, self and other, by the same Blood and the same Holy Spirit.  It even enables us to accept forgiveness from one another. Cinthia discussed Matthew 18:3-5 several times today, explaining that Jesus used children to teach us about salvation, simplicity, and humility.  He said that we have to become like children in order to receive His kingdom.  Have you ever given a gift to a child?  Did that child refuse the gift, insisting he or she could not accept such extravagance?  Did the child insist on paying you back, complicating the gift by trying to discern what strings you might have attached?  Not likely.  As adults, we can really complicate things, but the heart and mind of a child has had less time to be hardened by the world.  Children simply receive a gift, showing trust in the giver and the giver's intent.  This is how we have to accept the Kingdom of Heaven in order to receive it at all. As God's children, we receive His forgiveness, and we extend it to those who hurt us (including ourselves).  We accept His gift of covering for ourselves, and we extend that covering to one another.  This covering is not dismissal of our sin or tacit permission to continue doing whatever we want to do, regardless of the consequences; the One Who bore all our iniquities is not interested in glorifying or dismissing the seriousness of those iniquities.  But His prayer from the cross that God the Father forgive the ones killing Him because “they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34) indicates incredible mercy and amazing patience with human beings.  He knows that we do not understand the depth of the harm we cause (though this does not change the fact that we cause it or the consequences for those we hurt), and He not only pays for our sin Himself but walks us through the process of learning to be more like Him.  One of the ways we give back to Him is by not taking advantage of this; we are not to use His forgiveness as an excuse to do more harm.  We accept His carrying our sin for us, knowing that we cannot carry it ourselves, and we receive His mercy and grace daily as He walks us through the process of learning to follow Him.  We learn to love people, including but not limited to ourselves, as He does.  God is not saying that only little children are good, but that the adult part of us causes us to miss out on the love and chances and support God gives us.  Jesus enables us to be God's children, and we are little children with God.  So practice being His little kid -- it is good practice for eternity. I Corinthians 13 is often called “The Love Chapter,” and it says that love covers all wrongs.  We misunderstand this verse when we use it to protect sin; it is meant to protect the person, not their sin.  Love does not, for example, hide abuse and enable it to continue in the name of covering all wrongs.  Love addresses what needs to happen next.  Love does, however, refrain from gossiping about the sin; it does not allow us to use our brothers' and sisters' offenses as topics for our own entertainment, conversation with others, or superiority over others.  Love provides protection while someone works on fixing, undoing and redoing, learning and growing.  If someone is continually unwilling to do this, it may mean that the relationship is unhealthy.  Intimacy can only grow with a reasonable level of safety.  Putting others before ourselves does not mean that we become irrelevant, though it does allow us to see past a lot of things.  Seeing things in context is not the same as making excuses that justify what must not be allowed to continue. Remember, God is our example of love because He is love.  He paid for our sin Himself, providing the ultimate Covering -- and He still loves us enough to hold us accountable.  He knows what sin does to us and to the world.  He chooses His battles and His timing, and He focuses on what matters most.  He really is covering a multitude of sins all the time, which is the only way we are all still here.  Receive His love, His mercy, His forgiveness, the covering He has provided -- and ask for His help to receive and accept it if this is a struggle for you!  Then ask Him for help learning to extend love's covering to others.

Introduction: Good morning, if you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 12. We are going to read verses 27-31 of chapter 12, and then the entirety of chapter 13. Chapter 13 is a special chapter in God's word. It is a popular chapter of the bible. It…

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Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com--Series: The Most Excellent WayDevotional: 5 of 5I will show you the most excellent way…love…keeps no record of wrongs. (1 Corinthians 12:31, 13:5)Tim Goeglein collapsed in his White House office. His secret life of plagiarism had been found out and the guilt and shame were literally crippling.A couple days after his resignation, Goeglein received a call. His former boss, President George W. Bush, wanted to see him.Terrified, Goeglein entered the Oval Office, looked President Bush in the eye, and began his groveling apology: “Sir, I owe you…” But the President wouldn't let Goeglein finish his apology. “You're forgiven,” Bush said.Goeglein was certain he misunderstood what the President said, so he attempted to apologize twice more until Bush said, “You know, Tim, grace and mercy are real. I have known grace and mercy in my own life and you're forgiven. We can talk about all of that [referring to Goeglein's plagiarism] or we can talk about the last eight years.”Throughout this series, we've been studying what Paul called “the most excellent way” to live and work, chronicled in the famous “Love Chapter” of 1 Corinthians 13. Today, we conclude with a look at Paul's words that love “keeps no record of wrongs,” a truth beautifully exemplified by President Bush.But the ultimate example of course—and the ultimate motivation for us to keep “no record of wrongs”—is the love God has shown us by removing our sins “as far as the east is from the west” (Psalm 103:11-12).Now, keeping “no record of wrongs” is not the same as “forgive and forget.” For starters, it's impossible to literally forget many sins committed against us. It's also unwise. If you're a principal of a school and a teacher is accused of sexual abuse, you're called to forgive them, but it would be the height of folly to allow that teacher to come back to work the next day.So what does it look like to keep “no record of wrongs” at work? At a minimum, it looks like extending forgiveness to the wrongdoer. But I think Christ's example leads us to do more than that. I think it calls us to pray for the wrongdoer and their flourishing, to refuse to consider past wrongdoings when evaluating someone's current performance, and to avoid sharing details of a co-worker's sins and shortcomings with those who don't truly need to know.Does it sound impossible to live and work in this loving way? It is apart from Christ in us. May we abide in him daily so that we're so filled up with a sense of his love for us that we can't help but extend the overflow of that love to those we work with. For this is “the most excellent way.”Jordan P.S. If you want to go deeper on what true biblical forgiveness looks like at work, listen to Tim Keller and I discuss that topic here.

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com--Series: The Most Excellent WayDevotional: 4 of 5I will show you the most excellent way…Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. (1 Corinthians 12:31, 13:4-5) To the church in Corinth, Paul promised to show them “the most excellent way” to steward their spiritual and vocational gifts. He then proceeded to launch into the famous “Love Chapter” of 1 Corinthians 13 explaining what Christian love is and what it is not.Of all the attributes Paul lists, not being “self-seeking” may be the rarest in the modern workplace. We live at a time when the idea of self-sacrifice is viewed as naive at best and career-ending at worst. But self-sacrifice is the way of The Way, Jesus Christ.In Philippians 2:3-4, Paul says, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition…Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”You can almost hear Paul's readers screaming, “How, Paul!?” To which he says, “Have the same mindset as Christ Jesus” who “made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness” for us (Philippians 2:5-7).In other words, it is only as we meditate on the example of the One who “chose meekness over majesty” that we will be able to love in a way that is “not self-seeking.”What does it look like practically to work in ways that are not self-seeking? There are infinite answers to that question. Here are just three.#1: Listen to understand—not to win. Oftentimes we hear what our co-workers are saying, but we don't actually listen, because we're mentally calculating how we will respond in order to pivot the conversation towards our agenda. Paul's command to not be self-seeking compels us to truly listen and understand the needs and desires of others.#2: Open your calendar to those who can't serve you. Any of Ancestry.com's thousands of employees can get one-on-one time with CEO, Deb Liu—even an intern. Why? Because Deb isn't self-seeking with her time. She is seeking the needs of her team as she explained on my podcast.#3: Serve first, sell second. Commenting on today's passage, a marketer named Debbie La Bell told me, “Our culture says ‘love yourself first,' and then out of the resources of your self-love, you'll have the capacity to love those around you. Whereas Jesus tells us to love one another and trust him to provide what we need.” And that leads her team to create marketing messages that serve way more than they sell. These three actions aren't meant to be prescriptive, but inspirational. Take a moment right now to pray and think about where God is calling you to replace self-seeking with self-sacrifice in your work today.