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AGAPE – unconditional love

Part four of my five part series entitled “Who Do You Love?” Lucky for us, we have a third kind of love, agape. This is the kind of love that allows for reunions with loved ones in the future. God’s saving grace ensures that we will see our loved ones again in heaven. This is […]

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PHILIA – friendship love

Part three of my five part series entitled “Who Do You Love?” Now philia, while similar to eros, does not contain within it the features of desire or passion that eros is famous for. Philia is the kind of love that we have towards family, friends and neighbours. Philia is the kind of love described […]

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EROS – romantic love

Part two of my five part series entitled “Who Do You Love?” Eros is definitely the “I love the way he looks in a bathing suit” kind of love. Eros is the desiring and passionate kind of love. It’s about sparks flying and heart rates going up. In a marriage relationship, eros can be a […]

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Who Do You Love?

In this five part series, I’ll be posting a recent sermon that I delivered entitled “Who Do You Love?”. In Him, Todd Dow Title: Who Do You Love? Key Verses: 1 John 4:7-12 1 John 4:7-12: Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of […]

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The offensiveness of Sam Harris

This is likely to be the first of many posts in which I will criticize the atheistic worldview provided by Sam Harris. Harris is the author of two recent books: Letter to a Christian Nation and End Of Faith In a recent article in Newsweek, A Dissent: The Case Against Faith, Harris offers some interesting […]