Tag Archives: Love

Jesus, “Lamb of God”

In the third chapter of John’s gospel, John recognizes Jesus as the Messiah. John, in ecstatic praise, twice announces that Jesus is none other than the “Lamb of God” (John 1:29, 36). The title, “Lamb of God,” was not a familiar, well-worn title back then.  It was more the stuff of prophetic poetry than commonContinue reading “Jesus, “Lamb of God””

Love bears all things

“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  Love never ends” (1 Corinthians 13:7, 8a) Pastor Robert Raines writes about a time when a group of narcotics detectives raided a loft apartment in a run-down section of New York on word that the apartment, much less the building, was filledContinue reading “Love bears all things”