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True Love: Understanding the Real Meaning of Christian Love

James M. Renihan (Author)

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Binding: Hardcover
Page Count: 144
Publisher: Evangelical Press
ISBN#: 9780852347133

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Description: Christian love is central to the life of every believer. When Paul speaks of the work of the Holy Spirit in Jesus' followers, love is the first item he mentions (Galatians 5:22); when our Saviour prepared his disciples for the events of that final night in Jerusalem, and everything that would come after, he spoke to them about love (John 13). Perhaps it is not an overstatement to say that love is at the root of the Christian faith - it is God's abiding and everlasting love that gives impetus to the incarnation of Christ and the redemption of his people.
 
At first glance, it is surprising that there is so little literature available about love. There may be different reasons for this. While the topic is very important, it is also difficult. Love is not easily defined. In some ways, it is simpler to experience love than to characterize it. Similarly, no author should think that he or she adequately understands, and especially expresses love. When we ask ourselves questions such as ‘Am I qualified to write to others about love?' we recognize how far short of the standard we come. We are all striving after a better expression of this grace.

"Jim Renihan warmly and ably opens up the great subject of love in 1 Corinthians 13. He challenges our self-centredness and urges us to pursue true love - a love which is founded in God's prior love and is to permeate and motivate every aspect of the Christian's life."
--Robert Strivens

"This profound and lively study shows how 1 Corinthians 13 fits into the message of the Epistle as a whole of the and not just how it connects with chapters 12 and 14. Taking that wider and more biblical focus enables Jim Renihan to talk to Christians and to churches in a truly pastoral spirit."
--Hywel Jones

"The part that most people seem to like about Christianity is love.  How many times have you heard 1 Corinthians 13 read at weddings?  Yet love is gravely misunderstood in our culture, apart from the wider scope of God's character, commands, and saving work in Christ.  James Renihan deserves our gratitude, because he neither sentimentalizes nor intellectualizes love.  Here is a rich, vivid, and concrete exploration of this fantastic subject."
--Michael Horton
True Love: Understanding the Real Meaning of Christian Love
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