Our challenge is to live up to the expectations of sacrificial, selfless love that God has commanded of those who call him Father.
Continue ReadingThe love of Jesus is a given for us, at least cognitively. We are so comfortable with the idea Jesus loves us we may even take it for granted.
Continue ReadingA Good Friday recollection from Dr. Harry Kelm, plus upcoming events across the NAB: Bonfire and Retired Workers’ Retreat.
Continue ReadingIn Christ’s most famous sermon, Jesus commands a concept that is oxymoronic for us: enemy love.
Continue ReadingOn that day so many years ago, the followers of Jesus lived the pain and heartache of the tragic suffering and death of the only truly good man they ever knew.
Continue ReadingIt is always easier to define a word not just by depending on a conceptual understanding but by showing an action. So it is with love.
Continue ReadingIn addition to being part of the fruit of the Spirit, joy is seen as a moral imperative – a command; to live contrary to this command is self-defeating.
Continue ReadingGod – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – delights himself in his children, and he takes joy in the setting free of the captives!
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