Biblical reflections on true love
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This meditation from the Bible focuses on the theme of love. We may never become experts on this subject but as Christians, we believe going to the Bible is a necessary first step for understanding the mysterious and profound subject of love.

The apostle Paul reflected that of all the thinking and doing needed to fulfill our duty as Christians, love is the most excellent way. C.S. Lewis thought deeply about love and he made several distinctions: For instance, the love we hear most about, romantic love, is born out of need and poverty; "it is not good for a man to be alone." Contrast this to the love that says, "This is how we know what love is, Jesus Christ laid down his life for us." Romantic love says, "I cannot live without her." Gift love, or the old word charity, is motivated by the desire to give happiness, comfort and protection; it may even gaze in silence at a woman and rejoice that such a wonder exists even if not for him.

In real life we experience these loves in varying degrees and we long to get it right. This is an attempt to help us reflect on love so that we can begin to get it right.

Track Listing

1 Introduction
Max McLean

2 What Love Is
1 Corinthians 13:4-8,13 • Proverbs 3:3-4, 17:9, 10:12b, 21:21 • 1 John 4:18a • 2 Timothy 1:7 • Luke 7:36-43, 47 • Colossians 3:13

3 Romantic Love
Genesis 29:10, 18, 20-21 • Song of Songs 1:2; 2:3 -5, 16; 3:1-4; 4:1, 3, 5, 7-12, 15,16b • Ephesians 5:25-28

4 The Everlasting, Loyal Love of God
Jeremiah 31:3-4, 10-11, 13b • Deuteronomy 7:9 • Psalm 86:1-5 • Exodus 15:11-13 • Psalm 23 • Lamentations 3:22-23, 32-33 • Romans 8:28, 31-35, 37-39 • John 3:16-17

5 The Living Expression of God’s Love . . . Jesus
Isaiah 16:5 • Titus 3:4b-5 • John 11:1-6, 18-38, 41b-45

6 Loving One Another
2 Peter 1:3, 5-7 • 1 John 4:7-11 • John 15:9-17 • 1 John 4:9-16a, 19-21 • Luke 6:27-33 • John 13:34-35 • 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 • Hebrews 10:23-24 • 1 John 5:1-4a • 1 Peter 4:8 • Jude 21
 

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