Think how much Jesus loved us, that he sacrificed everything in our place. ... We know this is true because Jesus’ love for us didn’t end at the cross and the grave. His tomb is empty.

Jesus’ ministry on earth showed both the beauty and the cost of such love. He wept in solidarity with Mary and Martha at Lazarus’ death even though he knew he would raise him back to life.

When we love like Jesus we are lifted outside ourselves. We shed self-interest. His brand of love sees beyond the normal range of human vision – over walls of resentment and barriers of betrayal.

It was because of God’s "great love" that Jesus came to Earth for us "and died for us," he also said. BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY: OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET FORESHADOWS ETERNAL IMPACT OF ‘INSIGNIFICANT ...

Rick’s love for Jesus led him to love Muslims. But his love for Scripture eventually changed his mind about how to love Muslims. Rick, who passed away on December 29, did not always love Jesus.

Camaraderie . Jesus also links friendship to the knowledge of his law. He says, “I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing.

Not that Jesus paid a price for our sins, bought us back from a cruel God; no, God always loves us, but Jesus shows us the way to be healed of our sins, to begin to be people who love as he loved ...

Jesus then says this: “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a ...

Fifty years after the Summer of Love, the Jesus People remain one of its lingering ironies. It was because of the Jesus People movement that numerous baby boomers remained anchored to conservative ...