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Excerpt 1 from Love: The Foundation (Introduction)
In 2002, I visited Maine to see Gregg, my college roommate, and his young family. At the Naval Academy, Gregg and I made strange bedfellows: he was white, I was black; he was Catholic, I was Protestant; he was a Republican, I was a Democrat; he questioned climate change, I absolutely believed it was real. We were friends, not because of our similarities, but rather in spite of our differences. Except on one point: we both had just enough of the intellectual and theological rebel in us that we clicked.
In one word, What is the Bible About?
A few months ago I began to wonder if my sons knew what the Bible was all about. Contrary to what I wanted to imagine
Faith, Hope, but Especially Love: 1 Corinthians 13, Paraphrased
(From Love: The Foundation, Chapter 8) The Bible is not a dead book. The breath of God is alive and well within it. That indwelling—the
Hate is Good
Selfishness, hate, even evil aren’t all bad. If a person is only concerned with the bottom line, then navigating life with the devil whispering in
Missing the Forest for the Trees? Three ways to tell if You Are
Humility is the gateway to Christian love. This begs the question: How can we tell if we are humble enough to walk love’s path well?
A Roadmap to Hate: One Easy Scary Path
During the late 70s and early 80s, a strange inversion happened. Suddenly, good meant bad and bad meant good. To say this car or that