Tag: love
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Refresh 4: Better Relationships (Colossians 3:5-17)
We’re usually pretty good at identifying what other people need to change. But what if the first step toward better relationships isn’t changing them—it’s allowing Jesus to change us? In Colossians 3, Paul shows us what to put to death, what to put away, what to put on, what to put up with, and what…
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3 John: The Man You Want to Be (Father’s Day, 2026)
Everyone’s becoming someone. In 3 John, we meet four very different men—one who walked in the truth, one who put himself first, one who earned respect, and one whose greatest joy was seeing others follow Jesus. Which one are you becoming?
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Day 013: Really, Elihu? (Job 36:1-4)
Job’s friends—and Elihu most of all—say many true things about God. The problem isn’t that they speak falsehoods; it’s that they speak true things in false ways. They turn wisdom into weapons, doctrine into diagnosis, and God’s justice into a cudgel for the suffering. In doing so, they don’t just misread Job—they misrepresent God.
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Day 336: Missing the Point of 1 Corinthians 13
1 Corinthians 13 isn’t a wedding poem—it’s a correction written to a church tearing itself apart. Paul wasn’t telling two newlyweds how to feel; he was telling believers how to stop devouring one another. The Love Chapter is less about romance and more about unity, humility, and a love that holds a fractured church together.
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Day 283: What Does Love Require? (Matthew 5:21–48)
Jesus didn’t lower the bar; He raised it. The Sermon on the Mount moves righteousness from something you can measure to something only love can motivate.
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Day 329: Fruit, Not Fruits (Galatians 5:22-23)
The fruit of the Spirit isn’t a fruit cup you can pick through—it’s a single, Spirit-produced fruit that shows up in every part of a Christ-shaped life. Love is the root, and joy, peace, patience, and all the rest are its expressions.