Love & Hate – Church of God Perspective

The Good Samaritan Turns the Other Cheek

John D 28 October 2018 28 October 2018Arrogance, Attitude, Empathy, Gratitude & Thanksgiving, Humility, Image of God, Justice & Forgiveness, Love & Hate, Mass Shootings, Society, Violence

In a world where antagonism is the norm, it becomes clearer that to turn the other cheek is much more than simply letting go of wrongs done to us. We must be like the good Samaritan. The Good Samaritan is a familiar parable, and so is the saying that you…

Love Is … an Action Word

John D 5 November 2015 5 November 2015Love & Hate

18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. ~ 1Jn 3:18 Love is such an important topic that Jesus said the world would know we are His disciples because of our love for one another (Jn 13:35). While I’ve…

Love Is … More Than Outgoing Concern For Others

John D 31 October 2015 31 October 2015Love & Hate, Nature of God

17 The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” ~ Zep 3:17 (NIV) What is wrong with humanity? Is it just a…

Love Is … NOT Just Keeping the Commandments

John D 29 August 2015 29 August 2015Love & Hate

6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. ~ 2Jn 1:6 Some people treat this like it is a definition. This is a huge mistake. You can ritualistically keep…

Love Is … Above Human Reasoning

John D 15 August 2015 23 October 2020Love & Hate

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference. ~ Elie Wiesel I remember once someone trying to explain to me…

Love Is … : Introduction

John D 11 August 2015 23 October 2020Love & Hate

39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. 40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for…

Reflections on Love and Respect

John D 18 March 2015 19 April 2022Attitude, Love & Hate, Reflections

Laws to enforce respect? Can you have #LoveWithoutRespect or #RespectWithoutLove? 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ~ Jn 13:34 Something I never realized is that cases of “elder abuse” are on…

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