Tag - love

The #1 Threat to the Church

There’s a great threat looming over the Church right now. In my opinion, it’s the Church’s greatest threat. And it’s not doctrinal error, poor exegesis, a lack of discipleship, or even the contemporization of the Church. I believe the #1 greatest threat facing the Church right now is a lack of love — real love that...

More Love, Less Opinion

In the wake of the Starbucks red cup controversy I’ve had several thoughts and emotions flood my brain. There is so much that could be said regarding the controversy, but overall I’m simply just frustrated to see so much anger and judgment from Christians being camouflaged as “taking a stand” and “drawing a line in...

How We Are Being Lied To About Love

Approaching Valentine’s Day every year there seems to be examples everywhere for what love is supposed to look like. Books, magazine covers, and movies all take a different, yet similar approach. Every form of advertisement and media says that love is a feeling and the way to measure love is by judging the intensity of that feeling. “Do...

3 Things Marriage Has Taught Me

Valentines Day is an interesting time of the year and it never fails to teach me something new.  So far I’ve learned about 3 hour Olive Garden waiting lists, 80 dollar rose bouquets, and this year I learned about buying a gift last minute due to regional snowstorms. All of that got me to thinking about marriage and what all it has taught me...