Love Never Fails: Knowing Holy Love So We Can Love Wholly - Couverture souple

Babbitt, Steve

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1733200207 ISBN 13 : 9781733200202

Editeur : Two Tees Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Why do people still die alone in crowded neighborhoods? Why are there more great weddings, but fewer good marriages? Why are there more human beings, but less humanity? If the Scriptures promise that love never fails, why is it that when we look at the world around us, love always seems to fail? Our “love problem” actually lies with the kind of love we have. We don’t need more of the same kind of love; we need love of a different variety altogether. We need Holy Love.Explore the deep water of Holy Love in this collection of sermons from Pastor Steve Babbitt based on the parable of the Good Samaritan and the Greatest Commandment of Jesus Christ found in Luke 10.I liked Steve Babbitt's writing when I was one of his college professors. After reading Love Never Fails, I like it even more. It's witty, deep and challenging. It will make you want to receive this Love immediately, and then show it to the world.Endorsements:Dean Nelson, Ph.D.Journalism Program Director, Point Loma Nazarene UniversityAuthor, God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World, and Talk To Me: How To Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like A ProPastors today are bombarded by congregants who suffer from scores of spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical ailments. At times, their problems seem insurmountable. Life can appear to be bleak and foreboding. Congregants turn to their pastors for answers… for The Answer… to their problems. The compilation of all of these difficulties, and the desire to help those in their flock who suffer from them, can exert incredible pressure on any one pastor. Steve Babbitt, Pastor of the Spring Valley Community Church, has recognized that The Answer to today’s complex problems is a simple one. He also knows that this simple answer is not always an easy one. It’s one that demands the destruction of self-centeredness, and one that requires a belief in, and a conscious contact with, God. He knows too that neither he, nor we, are here to solve these problems. What we are ‘here’ for is to harvest and distribute God’s “Holy Love.” God is the solution to all problems, because God is Love. Pastor Babbitt’s concepts made me pause and reflect on God’s ‘commandments’ from a perspective I hadn’t previously considered in such a light. From Genesis, God first commands us to be fruitful (which brings forth many connotations). Next, Christ commands that we Love God with our whole being, and to love our neighbor as our-self. And finally, Christ commands His followers to love one another, as I have loved you. Congregants may not initially realize that the solution to their worldly difficulties are contained within these commands, but if followed, they will soon see that their worldly difficulties will diminish into obscurity. God’s Holy Love, internalized, is the answer. Christ calls us out of the world in order that we may be changed. Christ then sends us back into the world with the Holy mandate to be fruitful and share The Good News of God’s Holy Love. The Holy premise of the Good News is the topic of Pastor Steve Babbitt’s book: Love, Holy Love. The Love that Never Fails. H. Spencer O’NealDoctor in Addictive DisordersAuthor, Spirituality in Addictions Counseling: A Clinician’s Guide

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Two Tees Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1733200207
• ISBN 13: 9781733200202
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Parsons Tamara
• Nombre de pages: 132
• Éditeur: Mix Lauren
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