Love and the church
The love of God should be evident in our lives and in our church. •First, what is love? Love is a misconstrued word in the English language. I can say that I love my mom and I can also say that I love chocolate cake. Just our use of the word love begs the question of what love truly is. In Greek there are a few different words for love. First there’s mania which is actually more of a word for obsession than it is for love. Second there’s eros which is emotional love. Third, there is stodgy which is somewhat of a motherly love. Fourth there is phileo love which is of course brotherly love. And lastly there is agape love which is unconditional love, the love that we refer to as the love of God. We all experience these types of loves, and we all search for the eros love. We all want that feel good warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from having someone to share life with. That’s how God made us, He created Eve for Adam because He knew Adam would long for that kind of love and it wouldn...