Every Child Is First a Thought in the Mind of God

As I read Luke’s account of the birth of John the Baptist, I found myself asking a simple but profound question. If God is the Author of every human life, and if every child is known personally by Him from the very beginning, how should that change the way we look at one another? Perhaps the command to love one another begins, not with trying harder, but with learning to see people through the eyes of their Creator.

Romans 15, Christian Love, and the Authority of Scripture

Romans 15 calls Christians to patience and humility toward one another, but it also reminds us that the Scriptures remain the teacher of the Church. Christian love does not mean reshaping God’s Word to fit the spirit of the age; it means submitting ourselves together to the truth that was given for our instruction and our hope.