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Bearing the image of God
A walk through 1 Corinthians 13, one quality of love at a time. You were made in the image of Love, to love.
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Sin is the absence of godly love, measured by the God who is love. Traced from the first sin in the garden, through the heart, to the cross.
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love-in-practice 2026-07-14
What does 1 Corinthians 13 mean by love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth? Why love refuses to enjoy another person's downfall.
When something goes wrong for someone who has hurt you, what is your honest first response?
Not the response you would say out loud. The one underneath. The flicker before you have time to manage it. When the difficult colleague finally slips, when the critical family member struggles, when the person who embarrassed you gets humbled, something in you registers it. And if you are honest, it does not always register as grief…
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What does 1 Corinthians 13 mean when it says love is not proud? Pride, dishonor, and self-seeking are three expressions of one root: a heart not secure in God.
no.011 love-in-practice 2026-06-30
What does 1 Corinthians 13 mean when it says love does not envy? Not jealousy. The Greek word is zēloō, a boiling resentment that comes from a wound.
no.010 love-in-practice 2026-06-23
What does the Bible mean when it says love is patient? Not waiting. Not putting up with it. The Greek word is makrothumia, long-suffering love.
no.009 love-in-practice 2026-06-16
Is love something that happens to you, or something you decide to do? A look at what the Bible actually says, and why love is more choice than feeling.
no.008 love-in-practice 2026-06-09
What does Paul mean when he says "love never fails"? Not that it always succeeds. Not that it always produces the outcome you hoped for. Something better.
no.007 theology 2026-06-03
What is sin? Not just the obvious wrongs. Scripture's answer runs deeper: sin is the absence of godly love, measured against the God who is love.
I am a Christian writer based in South Africa, happily married, living a quiet life. I am not a theologian. I am a careful reader who believes the text means what it says.
I write because I became convinced that many Christians are carrying a version of their faith that is heavier and more complicated than it needs to be, when the thing underneath it all is actually quite simple.
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