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Who was God Before He was Agape? Part One

Sermon
by Robert Dick
2023-11-11
Portland, OR
Agape is a word that evolved from invisibility during Classical Greek times, to a term for general emotional attachment to anything good or bad in Koine Greek to the identifier of God Himself in the New Testament Epistles. Part One...

Agape 3 The Depth of God's Love

Sermon
by Chuck Smith
2023-11-04
Vero Beach, FL
How deep is your love? Can you comprehend the depth of God's love? Join us today as we look deep into the agape love that God has for all of us.

Do We Comprehend Agape?

Sermon
by Chuck Smith
2023-10-21
Vero Beach, FL
Can we even comprehend God's love and what that means for humanity? Today, we examine the width of God's love and how we can strive to develop that agape love in our lives.

Agape: Bears All Things

Sermon
by Gary Petty
2022-11-19
Murfreesboro, TN
Final message in the agape series. Discussing 1 Corinthians 13:7.

Agape 2

Sermon
by Chuck Smith
2023-10-28
Vero Beach, FL
What is the duration of your love towards another? Does your love last forever? Today, we examine the length of God's enduring love.

Letting God and the Bible Define “love” (That Is, “agape”)

Sermon
by Rick Shabi
2021-12-25
Jacksonville, FL
In the book of Ephesians, we are told to “walk in love,” “be holy in love;” be rooted and grounded “in love;” “truth in love;” and edify the body ‘in love.” Each one of those words translated “love” is the Greek word “agape.” The Bible...

Agape 4 The Height of God's Love

Sermon
by Chuck Smith
2023-11-18
Vero Beach, FL
Can we appreciate the amazing gift that God wants to give us? In this fourth and final message on God's love, we try to measure the immeasurable heights of God's love for mankind.

TZEDEK Who God was Before He was Agape? Part 2

Sermon
by Robert Dick
2023-11-25
Portland, OR
Tzedek is a powerful term, with it, and its derivatives used nearly 500 times in the Old Testament. It describes God, how He rules, what He wants, what He loves, who He respects and what He wants humans to be. It is also central to the...

TZEDEK Who God was Before He was Agape? Part 2

Sermon
by Robert Dick
2023-11-25
Portland, OR
Tzedek is a powerful term, with it, and its derivatives used nearly 500 times in the Old Testament. It describes God, how He rules, what He wants, what He loves, who He respects and what He wants humans to be. It is also central to the...

Does Not Rejoice in Iniquity - Agape 10

Sermon
by Gary Petty
2022-11-05
Murfreesboro, TN
Three ways we as Christians rejoice in iniquity without realizing it.
two canoes on the shore of a lake

Home Office Weekly Update: December 21, 2023

United News
2023-12-21
This week's announcements include some exciting upcoming events.
From Ministerial and Member Services . . . Ordination of Robert Wood We’re happy to announce that on Dec. 16, 2023, Robert Wood was ordained into the ministry. He and his wife, Ruth, serve the congregation in...

Epistles of Paul: 25 - 1 Corinthians 13:1-5

Sermon
by Steve Myers
2023-12-07
Ambassador Bible College
In this class we will discuss 1 Corinthians 13:1–5 and examine the following: Paul extols the supremacy of love over spiritual gifts. He emphasizes that even extraordinary abilities without love are meaningless. Paul describes love as...

Do You Love Me More Than This?

Sermon
by Rick Shabi
2022-01-01
Jacksonville, FL
Christ makes it very plain to His people that “agape” love is a requirement for us. He summarizes the Commandments and God’s way of life with “You shall AGAPE the Lord God with all your heart, mind, and soul,” and “You shall AGAPE your...

The Greatest of These

Sermon
by Rick Shabi
2022-01-29
Jacksonville, FL
In this conclusion of a five-part series on “ Truthing in Love” and the biblical meaning and application of agape, how agape interacts with the “other” three types of love is discussed, then we conclude with God’s stirring and insightful...

Practicing the Second Great Commandment

Sermon
by Rick Shabi
2022-01-15
Jacksonville, FL
As we continue our series of sermons on AGAPE love and how to develop it and apply it in our lives, we come to how to actively develop the agape love God would have us develop by looking into the Bible and letting it teach us to live...
Godly love far exceeds agape. The love God has for us goes much deeper than we can imagine. It implies a decision to love someone even when there is no expectation of a reciprocal response. It often is not a mutual, two-way love.

Godly Love Versus Agape Love

United News
by Don Hooser
As humans, we can never fully comprehend God’s love, although it is our duty and joy to strive to understand it better and better. It is our duty and joy to increasingly internalize that same love and exercise it toward God and toward one...

The Ethical Core: The Virtue List of 2 Peter

Sermon
by Craig Scott
2024-09-07
Greensboro, NC
This message will use the virtue list of 2 Peter to see how the bible’s many roads lead back to the ethical core of moral behavior.

Treating With Respect

Sermon
by Rick Beam
2022-07-23
Rome, GA
Well, I will just say that many, if not all, of us could spend a bit of time and listen to this frequently as a reminder of how we should behave as soon to be children of the Almighty God. Everyone wants to be treated with respect. One...
Agape Love

Agape Love

Sermon Series
2020-01-30
This 11 part sermon series focuses on the word "agape" found several times in the Bible. What does this word mean and how can we learn to express this type of love? As Christians, why is agape so important as an attribute of the...

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