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Both/And (e)
In my simple study of these Greek words and their uses in Scripture, I was stunned to learn agapaō is used six times in an undesirable connotation. This eradicated my assumption that agape love is reserved for holy uses and phileō is the only love word used negatively. Humans can and do have agapaō for unholy, ungodly, and just down right Read more
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Both/And (d)
Below are samplings of positive uses of the New Testament word phileō which are translated as our English word, love. The second list is samplings of the New Testament word philos which are translated as our English word, friend. (Phileō) John 5:20 For the Father loves (phileō) the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and Read more
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Both/And (c)
Have you ever heard the anecdote, a person can’t see the forest for the trees? The idea is that a person hiking through a forest concentrates so diligently on the trees within that forest (the bark, leaves, root system, bug infestation, disease, and plight) that she doesn’t see the magnificent potential and impact of the Read more
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Both/And (b)
In order to get this love thing right, let’s do the obvious and look at the definitions of the Greek words that are translated as our one word love in the English language. We need to get one of these words out of the way right now. Even though the word eros is not found in the Read more
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Both/And (a)
We’re finally here! The word we’ve all been waiting for. The word we all long to hear and the word we all wish we could get right more often. I am excited! This is going to be a glorious yet challenging three chapters. “Wait! Three Chapters?” you ask. Yep. Three! I thought about cramming it Read more
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