Agapic Love - Audio
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We're just think life happened. And so it's going to be difficult to actually finish first John this summer. So we're probably actually going to do it next summer too. Just because, yeah, with things that the calendar didn't obey the way that it's supposed to. But what we're going to do today with the family, while we're all here, is begin the second half of first John. We're going to talk about love. First John, for the first half, John's been talking about who we are in Christ, identity, the types of people in the church. And I think that love has become sort of watered down in our culture a little bit. I think the way we use the word love isn't quite as, I don't know, punchy. And I think maybe it's because the baby boomers started, like the baby boomers, their parents served in World War II, and their grandparents in World War I. And it was a blood-soaked half a century. It was a tough time, very difficult for people to-- the kind of person you had to be to survive and thrive in that environment. Not super emotional and loving. And so at least in my experience, I know my parents were very much all about telling you, they love me. I love you, I love you. And I remember, in college, my buddy, Eira, who was an Indian-American, had a big beard to Tennessee accent. And one day, we were walking down the halls, and he stopped me. And he looks at me, he's like, Tom, I love you. And I was like, oh, thanks. And he's like, no. He looked me deep in the eyes. He's big, brown, I said, I love you. And I was like, wow, thanks, man. And I think what he meant by them with you, I'm for you. And I noticed a lot of us, especially the dudes, it's like, I love you, man. Love you too. I mean, Doug, I can't get out of conversation with this guy without him loving me like so much. He's like, I love you. I'm like, whoa, I love you too, man. And it's even gotten to the point in the culture now where an anchor man, when bricks like, I love lamp. He's like, do you brick? Do you really love lamp?
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It's family Sunday, which means we'll be doing an interactive service, where our CBC youth and children will have a chance to participate. We'll be discovering what John thinks real love is and how it can become a part of our lives.