This is an outline for a sermon to be delivered on 10/10/10. This outline is way too long for the time allotted, so I am placing it here for reference. I. INTRO A. Brennan Manning has said, “The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.” B. Before we get any further [...]
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Thoughts on Love
Posted in beauty, Jesus, knowing God, one another, passion, unholy passions, tagged affection, agape, and generosity, betrothal, Biblical, brotherly love, charity, compassion, creativity, CS Lewis, curiosity, desires, Ed Piorek, energy, eros, erotic images, fondness, friendship, grace, Greek words, Henri Nouwen, hope, Hosea, idolatry, imagination, intimacy, love, marriage, passionate, phileo, Romance, sexuality, Song of Solomon, storge, supreme love, tenderly loving, transformative power, virtue, will, wonder on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lewis compares love with a garden, charity with the gardening utensils, the lover as the gardener, and God as the elements of nature. God’s love and guidance act on our natural love (that cannot remain what it is by itself) as the sun and rain act on a garden: without either, the object (metaphorically the garden; realistically love itself) would cease to be beautiful or worthy.
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