Faith For Living: The Love Seminar [eBook]

It would be impossible to over-emphasize the prominence of love as a defining virtue in the Christian life. For instance, it is defined as the evidence that someone is born of God. It constitutes the connection between the Lord Jesus and His Church, and it’s the wellspring of all fellowship. It is the premier fruit of the Spirit, from which all the others proceed. It is the prerequisite for the operation of all spiritual gifts and disciplines. Love touches upon every aspect of our saved lives. Yet, despite its importance to Christian doctrine and conduct, perhaps no other topic is given such short shrift in the teaching ministry. Our discussions of love are often superficial and glib. This quarter’s series, “The Love Seminar,” is designed to address that deficit. In it, we will define natural and supernatural love, examine the display of God’s love in the Old and New Testaments, and explore the implications of the scriptural command that we exhibit love in all our relationships. Thank God for the accessibility of divine love in our lives. It inspires us to become conduits of God’s love to a desperately needy world. Targeted and committed study of this topic will help us realize that goal. It is my prayer that “The Love Seminar” will initiate just that kind of deeper inquiry and meditation about love in our readership.