Two literary illustrations of love in action. Left: Sydney Carton going to execution in the place of Charles Darnay, in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (engraving by Frederick Barnard, c.1895, via JSS Virtual Gallery). Right: Humphrey Bogart (l) as Rick Blaine, with Ingrid Bergman (c) as Ilsa Lund and Paul Heinried (r) as Viktor Laszlo in Casablanca (Movie poster imaged by Heritage Auctions).
We all want to experience love, but do we really know what it is? And if we don’t know what it is, how can we give it – or receive it?
1 Samuel 13:14; 2 Kings 23:25; Matthew 20:20-28; Mark 12:29-31; John 15:12-14; Acts 13:22; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; 1 John 4:8
Music: “I Want to Know What Love Is,” Foreigner, The Soundtrack of Summer, Trigger Productions, 2014. The music video is available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/raNGeq3_DtM.
Are the Jewish and Christian concepts of Messiah really different, or are they two perspectives on the same covenant mystery? Deuteronomy 29:10-31:30; Isaiah 53:1-12, 61:10-63:9;
What Love Is
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We all want to experience love, but do we really know what it is? And if we don’t know what it is, how can we give it – or receive it?
1 Samuel 13:14; 2 Kings 23:25; Matthew 20:20-28; Mark 12:29-31; John 15:12-14; Acts 13:22; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; 1 John 4:8
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Music: “I Want to Know What Love Is,” Foreigner, The Soundtrack of Summer, Trigger Productions, 2014. The music video is available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/raNGeq3_DtM.
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