Which do we really need—to give love or to receive it? We resist the question because we want to say both.
Yet Scripture seems to favor the imbalance. Not that we aspire to have our friend or spouse love us less, but that “in humility [we] consider others better than [our]selves” (Phil. 3:4). When the kingdom [...]
Archive for April, 2008
A Lopsided Relationship
Posted in Jesus, humility, love on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Infinitely Relevant and Intolerably Repulsive
Posted in Jesus, John Piper, abortion, health and wealth, not of this world, politics on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
That liberals justify their support for butchery in the name of freedom, and conservatives justify their indifference to the miseries of poverty in the name of freedom, does not conceal the selective nature of the freedoms they want. The one says, Keep your hands off my body. The other says, Keep your hands off my [...]
