Tag: love
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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.