no.017 love-in-practice 2026-08-11
What Has Hurt Made You Into?
What does the Bible say about pain and suffering? Pain is not the enemy of love. Handled well, it is one of love's most powerful teachers.
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Meaningless Without
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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The Eternity of God
Knowing the One who was, is, and is to come
God has no beginning, no end, no succession. Nine short chapters on what that means, and why it is the ground a believer stands on.
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What Is Sin?
A short, clear, biblical answer
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 2026-08-18
Love God. Love people. Everything else follows.
You have learned what love is. So what now? Love that stays theoretical is just information. You have been equipped for exactly this. Go and live it.
So you know what love is now. The question is what you are going to do with it.
Everything worth saying about love, the patience, the kindness, the humility, the forgiveness, the choice to keep loving even when it costs you, none of it was ever meant to stay on the page. It was meant to move from your head into your heart, and from your heart into the way you actually live. Because love that remains theoretical is not really love at all. It is just information…
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How Do You Know If You Truly Love Others?
How do you know if you truly love others, not just feel warmly toward them? Real love is not something you manufacture. You are only the conduit, not the source.
no.015 love-in-practice 2026-07-28
Do You Love Jesus, or Just Admire Him?
What does it mean to love Jesus, not just believe in Him? Admiration keeps a respectful distance. Love asks everything, because He chose you first.
no.014 love-in-practice 2026-07-21
How Do You Love God? Why Belief Is Not the Same as Love
Do you love God, or just believe in Him? Even the demons believe. Loving God begins with knowing Him, and with knowing you are already fully known.
no.013 love-in-practice 2026-07-14
Love Rejoices With the Truth: What 1 Corinthians 13 Means by Rejoicing With the Truth
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.
no.012 love-in-practice 2026-07-07
Love Is Not Proud: What 1 Corinthians 13 Means by Love Is Not Proud
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.
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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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