Pastor Elio Marrocco's "What Is Love" sermon at New Life Christian Church on February 17, 2013. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
The document discusses what love is and the different kinds of love. It defines love as a tender affection for another person and explores passionate love, companionate love, and unrequited love. It then summarizes Robert Sternberg's triangular theory of love, which identifies three components - intimacy, passion, and commitment - that combine to form different types of love. The document also discusses factors that can influence why people fall in love, such as physical attractiveness, similarity and complementarity of traits, and biological factors like pheromones and brain chemicals.
The document outlines different types of love, including romantic love, sexual love, pragmatic love, platonic love, companionship love, altruistic love, manic love, hostile love, and self-love. It concludes by stating that an ideal marriage incorporates experiencing all types of love everyday, and while not married one can still experience most types of love with different people.
This document discusses the concept of love from various perspectives. It begins by outlining different definitions of love, including love as an intense feeling, family, sex, nature, and God. It then examines three stages of love - lust, attraction, and attachment - and the biological factors involved in each stage. The document also explores five historical types of love defined by ancient Greeks: eros, philia, agape, storge, and xenia. It reviews research on love from 1904 to the present day, including theories that love involves attachment, is a process of uncertainty reduction, and can be understood through models involving intimacy, passion and commitment. The document concludes by discussing how love can be applied and reframed in a coaching
The document discusses the different types and definitions of love from various perspectives. It explores love from biological, psychological, evolutionary, and religious viewpoints. Biologically, love is seen as a drive to facilitate reproduction through stages of lust, attraction, and attachment. Psychologically, love involves intimacy, commitment, and passion. Evolutionarily, love helps promote parental support of children and prevent disease. In Christianity, the greatest commandment is to love God and others unconditionally.
The document discusses various perspectives on the concept of love. It defines love as an action rather than a feeling, involving commitment, attention, and risk. Love is choosing to nurture another person's growth through both good and bad times. True love is demonstrated through caring actions over time rather than fleeting feelings alone.
This document discusses different types and definitions of love. It begins by introducing the group members who authored it. It then explores love as a drug, art, nature, animal, family, God, and intense feeling. The rest of the document discusses impersonal and interpersonal love. It outlines the ancient Greek types of love including eros, philia, storge, xenia, agape, ludus, pragma, and philautia. Finally, it discusses the psychological basis of love involving intimacy, commitment, and passion.
The document discusses what love is and the different kinds of love. It defines love as a tender affection for another person and explores passionate love, companionate love, and unrequited love. It then summarizes Robert Sternberg's triangular theory of love, which identifies three components - intimacy, passion, and commitment - that combine to form different types of love. The document also discusses factors that can influence why people fall in love, such as physical attractiveness, similarity and complementarity of traits, and biological factors like pheromones and brain chemicals.
The document outlines different types of love, including romantic love, sexual love, pragmatic love, platonic love, companionship love, altruistic love, manic love, hostile love, and self-love. It concludes by stating that an ideal marriage incorporates experiencing all types of love everyday, and while not married one can still experience most types of love with different people.
This document discusses the concept of love from various perspectives. It begins by outlining different definitions of love, including love as an intense feeling, family, sex, nature, and God. It then examines three stages of love - lust, attraction, and attachment - and the biological factors involved in each stage. The document also explores five historical types of love defined by ancient Greeks: eros, philia, agape, storge, and xenia. It reviews research on love from 1904 to the present day, including theories that love involves attachment, is a process of uncertainty reduction, and can be understood through models involving intimacy, passion and commitment. The document concludes by discussing how love can be applied and reframed in a coaching
The document discusses the different types and definitions of love from various perspectives. It explores love from biological, psychological, evolutionary, and religious viewpoints. Biologically, love is seen as a drive to facilitate reproduction through stages of lust, attraction, and attachment. Psychologically, love involves intimacy, commitment, and passion. Evolutionarily, love helps promote parental support of children and prevent disease. In Christianity, the greatest commandment is to love God and others unconditionally.
The document discusses various perspectives on the concept of love. It defines love as an action rather than a feeling, involving commitment, attention, and risk. Love is choosing to nurture another person's growth through both good and bad times. True love is demonstrated through caring actions over time rather than fleeting feelings alone.
This document discusses different types and definitions of love. It begins by introducing the group members who authored it. It then explores love as a drug, art, nature, animal, family, God, and intense feeling. The rest of the document discusses impersonal and interpersonal love. It outlines the ancient Greek types of love including eros, philia, storge, xenia, agape, ludus, pragma, and philautia. Finally, it discusses the psychological basis of love involving intimacy, commitment, and passion.
The document discusses the different types and definitions of love. It notes that love is a complex range of feelings that can include both interpersonal affection and pleasure. Some key elements of love identified include intimacy, passion, compassion, trust, and respect. Love is described as an emotion, an action, and can take many forms from romantic love to familial love to love for friends or community. True love is said to be unconditional, involve empathy, and require attention while accepting differences.
1. The document discusses guidelines for Christian courtship based on passages from the Bible, emphasizing purity and avoiding fleshly behavior.
2. It advises that courtship should not be taken lightly and must follow God's word, noting the risks of courtship outside of God's will.
3. Christians in the courtship stage are called to model godly behavior for society and avoid a "world-friendly" approach to courtship.
This presentation discusses how to achieve mastery in love. It introduces a five step model of education to become a master, from unconscious incompetence to conscious competence in unconscious competence. It also discusses the importance of spiritual strength, motivation, attention and practice. The presentation explores different kinds of love and their evolution, and provides relationship advice such as finding a partner with kindred spirits and shared values. It emphasizes that love is important for human survival and a component of happiness.
The document discusses various types of relationships between boys and girls as they develop through different stages of life. It defines infantile love between children and parents, filial love between children and their mother, peer love among adolescents, and mature love between adults. It also distinguishes between love, which develops slowly through compatibility and sacrifice, and infatuation, which forms quickly based on insecurity and fading feelings. Finally, it outlines different types of casual, serious, and blind dating as well as traditional and modern courtship practices between young people.
This document discusses love, friendship, and human relations. It provides several quotes about the topics, such as "LOVE is a short word but it contains everything" and "Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school." The document emphasizes that love is the principle of existence and friendship is one of life's blessings, as friends overlook failures and tolerate success. It concludes by thanking the reader and stating that the document will be continued.
1) The document discusses the origins of Valentine's Day and how it became associated with romantic love. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring early Christian martyrs named Valentine.
2) Two of the martyrs associated with February 14th are Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni. No romantic elements were originally associated with these martyrs.
3) The presentation aims to help Christians understand the difference between love, sex, and infatuation and make wise choices in relationships. It outlines several ways to discern whether one's feelings represent love or mere infatuation.
This document discusses 5 kinds of love in Greek - Agape, Storge, Phileo, Eros, and Koinonia. Agape is unconditional love exemplified by God's love. Storge is familial love based on familiarity. Phileo is friendship love practiced by Christians towards each other. Eros is sensual and romantic love associated with attraction. Koinonia is fellowship and communion between Christians through shared faith.
God's essential nature is summarized in 3 points:
1. God is a pure spiritual being who is invisible, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, eternal, and immutable.
2. God has individuality, personality, rationality demonstrated through His will, emotions like love and compassion, and expressions of anger.
3. God's moral attributes include love, holiness, mercy, righteousness, goodness, perfection, justice, faithfulness, truth, grace which work in harmony though also requiring satisfaction of justice through Christ's death.
This document discusses healthy relationships and responsibilities in love. It defines true love as requiring commitment, trust and respect rather than manipulation or compromising one's values. While physical attraction is natural, love is not just lust. The document outlines five laws for relationships, including valuing what is difficult to obtain and differences in how each gender views love. It advises setting boundaries to avoid going too far physically and reaping negative consequences. Overall, it encourages making wise choices to honor one's body and wait for marriage before engaging in sexual intimacy.
This document discusses the nature of relationships, love, and marriage. It provides 10 tips for healthy marriages, such as focusing on spiritual and emotional intimacy rather than physical intimacy. It explores the different types of love, including eros, phileo, and agape love. A key section examines 1 Corinthians 13 and how love is patient, kind, selfless, and enduring. The overarching message is that marriage is meant to reflect God's love and requires commitment, sacrifice, and focusing on one's spouse rather than oneself.
True love waits because it is patient, unconditional, and selfless. It can only be expressed by tapping into God's love. While waiting can be difficult, it avoids personal costs like interrupted education, lost friends, disease, and broken families. However, for those who have already sinned sexually, there is still forgiveness through prayer and repentance.
The document discusses the importance and nature of love. It defines three types of love - eros, phileo, and agape. Agape love is the highest form, exemplified by God's sacrificial love for humanity. True love is demanding and looks like Jesus, seeking to help others regardless of how they treat you. We must learn to love as God loves us through understanding his love and sharing it with others in our actions. The overarching message is that everything comes down to love - for God and for one another.
The document provides answers to questions about relationships, love, and sexuality from a Christian perspective that promotes abstaining from sex until marriage. It defines sexual purity as refraining from sexual acts and lustful thoughts outside of marriage. While sex is not inherently bad, pre-marital sex violates God's standards and cheapens the act. True love and commitment are best found within marriage, where sexual intimacy is meant to unite a husband and wife.
The document discusses how the human body is a temple of the Holy Spirit according to 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. It then provides information on the origin of the word "temple" from Latin meaning a structure reserved for religious activities. Finally, it suggests ways to care for one's body as a temple through proper time management, diet, self-care, rest, living for God, and encouraging others.
Love is complex with no clear definition. It has three main components - intimacy, passion, and commitment. There are also seven stages of love ranging from initial attraction to obsession to termination. There are five main types of love including eros, philia, agape, storge, and xenia. Relationships also progress through stages from infatuation to understanding to disturbance and potential doubts before reaching a stage of complete trust, if the relationship survives. Falling out of love can be emotionally painful and potentially lead to issues like depression. The dark side of love includes emotions like anger, jealousy, and an unhealthy dependence on others.
God's love is described through various types: agape, philia, storge, and eros. Agape refers to sacrificial love, the highest form exemplified by God sending his son Jesus. Philia is brotherly love between friends. Storge describes natural family affection, while eros involves passionate love within marriage. Loving someone means accepting them, prioritizing their happiness, and finding joy in their company. Similarly, God loves humans unconditionally - he forgives sins, accepts people as they are, and finds pleasure in spending time with believers. God's love is measured by his mercy, compassion, forgiveness and righteousness. He wants all people to turn from evil and find peace. True love for God involves keeping
The document summarizes Gary Chapman's book "The 5 Love Languages" which identifies 5 ways that people express and receive love: words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. It provides examples of how to express each love language in a marriage. The document emphasizes that understanding your spouse's primary love language helps ensure they feel truly loved and keeps marriage strong over the long term. It encourages readers to take Chapman's assessment quiz to discover their own and their spouse's love language.
2013 02 03 Love, Courtship, Sex, and Marriageroadsidebbc
How love, courtship, sex, and marriage are defined in a biblical standpoint. Includes discussions on the no-no's of premarital sex and the integrity in relationships
God's love is defined as sacrificial love (agape) that involves laying down one's life for others. Jesus demonstrated this by sacrificing his life for humanity. We are called to love others in the same way Jesus loved us - by forgiving, understanding others, finding common ground, sharing our lives with them, and sharing our relationship with God, in order to transform enemies into friends. When we love others in this way, it completes God's love among us and allows us to experience God's presence in our lives.
Biblical Dating
“Being the right person to serve my future spouse’s needs and be a God-glorifying husband or wife”
"Acceptable" is such a loose term, so it's hard to say what is "acceptable" for any given person. After all, everyone is a different individual and their situations and maturity will vary greatly. Something that is acceptable for one person may not be acceptable for another.
Also keep in mind 1 Corinthians 10:23 (NIV), which says, "'I have the right to do anything,' you say—but not everything is beneficial. 'I have the right to do anything'—but not everything is constructive." We have many freedoms through Christ, but that doesn't mean that everything will be healthy or good for you.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "A More Loving Person" sermon at New Life Christian Church on February 9, 2014. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
1. Psychologists have found that when meeting someone new, it takes only a few seconds to decide if you are attracted to them and consider them a potential romantic partner.
2. Initial attraction is based on appearance and body language, but people can also discern clues about background and personality from voice and speech.
3. The passage supports the idea that love at first sight is a real phenomenon recognized by psychologists, contrary to the popular belief that it only occurs in novels.
The document discusses the different types and definitions of love. It notes that love is a complex range of feelings that can include both interpersonal affection and pleasure. Some key elements of love identified include intimacy, passion, compassion, trust, and respect. Love is described as an emotion, an action, and can take many forms from romantic love to familial love to love for friends or community. True love is said to be unconditional, involve empathy, and require attention while accepting differences.
1. The document discusses guidelines for Christian courtship based on passages from the Bible, emphasizing purity and avoiding fleshly behavior.
2. It advises that courtship should not be taken lightly and must follow God's word, noting the risks of courtship outside of God's will.
3. Christians in the courtship stage are called to model godly behavior for society and avoid a "world-friendly" approach to courtship.
This presentation discusses how to achieve mastery in love. It introduces a five step model of education to become a master, from unconscious incompetence to conscious competence in unconscious competence. It also discusses the importance of spiritual strength, motivation, attention and practice. The presentation explores different kinds of love and their evolution, and provides relationship advice such as finding a partner with kindred spirits and shared values. It emphasizes that love is important for human survival and a component of happiness.
The document discusses various types of relationships between boys and girls as they develop through different stages of life. It defines infantile love between children and parents, filial love between children and their mother, peer love among adolescents, and mature love between adults. It also distinguishes between love, which develops slowly through compatibility and sacrifice, and infatuation, which forms quickly based on insecurity and fading feelings. Finally, it outlines different types of casual, serious, and blind dating as well as traditional and modern courtship practices between young people.
This document discusses love, friendship, and human relations. It provides several quotes about the topics, such as "LOVE is a short word but it contains everything" and "Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school." The document emphasizes that love is the principle of existence and friendship is one of life's blessings, as friends overlook failures and tolerate success. It concludes by thanking the reader and stating that the document will be continued.
1) The document discusses the origins of Valentine's Day and how it became associated with romantic love. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring early Christian martyrs named Valentine.
2) Two of the martyrs associated with February 14th are Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni. No romantic elements were originally associated with these martyrs.
3) The presentation aims to help Christians understand the difference between love, sex, and infatuation and make wise choices in relationships. It outlines several ways to discern whether one's feelings represent love or mere infatuation.
This document discusses 5 kinds of love in Greek - Agape, Storge, Phileo, Eros, and Koinonia. Agape is unconditional love exemplified by God's love. Storge is familial love based on familiarity. Phileo is friendship love practiced by Christians towards each other. Eros is sensual and romantic love associated with attraction. Koinonia is fellowship and communion between Christians through shared faith.
God's essential nature is summarized in 3 points:
1. God is a pure spiritual being who is invisible, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, eternal, and immutable.
2. God has individuality, personality, rationality demonstrated through His will, emotions like love and compassion, and expressions of anger.
3. God's moral attributes include love, holiness, mercy, righteousness, goodness, perfection, justice, faithfulness, truth, grace which work in harmony though also requiring satisfaction of justice through Christ's death.
This document discusses healthy relationships and responsibilities in love. It defines true love as requiring commitment, trust and respect rather than manipulation or compromising one's values. While physical attraction is natural, love is not just lust. The document outlines five laws for relationships, including valuing what is difficult to obtain and differences in how each gender views love. It advises setting boundaries to avoid going too far physically and reaping negative consequences. Overall, it encourages making wise choices to honor one's body and wait for marriage before engaging in sexual intimacy.
This document discusses the nature of relationships, love, and marriage. It provides 10 tips for healthy marriages, such as focusing on spiritual and emotional intimacy rather than physical intimacy. It explores the different types of love, including eros, phileo, and agape love. A key section examines 1 Corinthians 13 and how love is patient, kind, selfless, and enduring. The overarching message is that marriage is meant to reflect God's love and requires commitment, sacrifice, and focusing on one's spouse rather than oneself.
True love waits because it is patient, unconditional, and selfless. It can only be expressed by tapping into God's love. While waiting can be difficult, it avoids personal costs like interrupted education, lost friends, disease, and broken families. However, for those who have already sinned sexually, there is still forgiveness through prayer and repentance.
The document discusses the importance and nature of love. It defines three types of love - eros, phileo, and agape. Agape love is the highest form, exemplified by God's sacrificial love for humanity. True love is demanding and looks like Jesus, seeking to help others regardless of how they treat you. We must learn to love as God loves us through understanding his love and sharing it with others in our actions. The overarching message is that everything comes down to love - for God and for one another.
The document provides answers to questions about relationships, love, and sexuality from a Christian perspective that promotes abstaining from sex until marriage. It defines sexual purity as refraining from sexual acts and lustful thoughts outside of marriage. While sex is not inherently bad, pre-marital sex violates God's standards and cheapens the act. True love and commitment are best found within marriage, where sexual intimacy is meant to unite a husband and wife.
The document discusses how the human body is a temple of the Holy Spirit according to 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. It then provides information on the origin of the word "temple" from Latin meaning a structure reserved for religious activities. Finally, it suggests ways to care for one's body as a temple through proper time management, diet, self-care, rest, living for God, and encouraging others.
Love is complex with no clear definition. It has three main components - intimacy, passion, and commitment. There are also seven stages of love ranging from initial attraction to obsession to termination. There are five main types of love including eros, philia, agape, storge, and xenia. Relationships also progress through stages from infatuation to understanding to disturbance and potential doubts before reaching a stage of complete trust, if the relationship survives. Falling out of love can be emotionally painful and potentially lead to issues like depression. The dark side of love includes emotions like anger, jealousy, and an unhealthy dependence on others.
God's love is described through various types: agape, philia, storge, and eros. Agape refers to sacrificial love, the highest form exemplified by God sending his son Jesus. Philia is brotherly love between friends. Storge describes natural family affection, while eros involves passionate love within marriage. Loving someone means accepting them, prioritizing their happiness, and finding joy in their company. Similarly, God loves humans unconditionally - he forgives sins, accepts people as they are, and finds pleasure in spending time with believers. God's love is measured by his mercy, compassion, forgiveness and righteousness. He wants all people to turn from evil and find peace. True love for God involves keeping
The document summarizes Gary Chapman's book "The 5 Love Languages" which identifies 5 ways that people express and receive love: words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. It provides examples of how to express each love language in a marriage. The document emphasizes that understanding your spouse's primary love language helps ensure they feel truly loved and keeps marriage strong over the long term. It encourages readers to take Chapman's assessment quiz to discover their own and their spouse's love language.
2013 02 03 Love, Courtship, Sex, and Marriageroadsidebbc
How love, courtship, sex, and marriage are defined in a biblical standpoint. Includes discussions on the no-no's of premarital sex and the integrity in relationships
God's love is defined as sacrificial love (agape) that involves laying down one's life for others. Jesus demonstrated this by sacrificing his life for humanity. We are called to love others in the same way Jesus loved us - by forgiving, understanding others, finding common ground, sharing our lives with them, and sharing our relationship with God, in order to transform enemies into friends. When we love others in this way, it completes God's love among us and allows us to experience God's presence in our lives.
Biblical Dating
“Being the right person to serve my future spouse’s needs and be a God-glorifying husband or wife”
"Acceptable" is such a loose term, so it's hard to say what is "acceptable" for any given person. After all, everyone is a different individual and their situations and maturity will vary greatly. Something that is acceptable for one person may not be acceptable for another.
Also keep in mind 1 Corinthians 10:23 (NIV), which says, "'I have the right to do anything,' you say—but not everything is beneficial. 'I have the right to do anything'—but not everything is constructive." We have many freedoms through Christ, but that doesn't mean that everything will be healthy or good for you.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "A More Loving Person" sermon at New Life Christian Church on February 9, 2014. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
1. Psychologists have found that when meeting someone new, it takes only a few seconds to decide if you are attracted to them and consider them a potential romantic partner.
2. Initial attraction is based on appearance and body language, but people can also discern clues about background and personality from voice and speech.
3. The passage supports the idea that love at first sight is a real phenomenon recognized by psychologists, contrary to the popular belief that it only occurs in novels.
This document outlines topics to be covered in the first grading period for a statistics course. Chapter 1 will cover the nature of statistics, including definitions, concepts, levels of measurement, and notation. Chapter 2 will discuss collecting and presenting ungrouped data, including sampling procedures, organizing data, and using pictograms, line graphs, pie charts, and bar graphs. The document lists several references for further study.
This document discusses the emotions of love and fear. It notes that fear exists more commonly in people's lives and outlines some common fears such as death, change, relationships, and exams. It explains how fears can negatively impact people by releasing stress hormones. Love is described as an indescribable feeling that is difficult to attain unconditionally. There are different types and states of love discussed. The document emphasizes that unconditional love requires overcoming barriers and is only felt by the luckiest people. Conditional love based on gifts or money is seen as the worst type. Overall, the document contrasts the negative impacts of fear with the positive feelings associated with unconditional love.
The PsychFutures Research Maps provide summaries and links to resources on popular psychology topics to help with research projects and dissertations. The document discusses definitions of love from an psychological perspective, describing love as a complex emotion with various components including intimacy, commitment, passion, and more. It provides an overview of theories of love from psychologists like Sternberg, Rubin, Hatfield, and Lee, and lists relevant journals, books, experts, and other resources for further research on the psychology of love.
This document contains a list of dating terminology and questions about love, dating, marriage, and relationships. Some of the terminology includes terms like "date", "seeing someone", "dump", and "blind date". The questions ask about topics such as the typical age of marriage, beliefs about love at first sight, opinions on pre-marital cohabitation and interracial/interfaith marriages, and dating/marriage customs.
04 Song of Solomon 1v 2-7 Love at First SightMarvin McKenzie
This will be the Adult SS lesson at Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup 12-14-14. The Song of Solomon represents Christ's love for His people, and of their love for Him. It is a tender relationship, but not an entirely universal one. God draws men to Himself, but Satan presents his own attractions.
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The document discusses humanity's departure from God's plan through embracing sin and darkness over light. It argues that if Christians truly followed Jesus' two greatest commandments to love God and love their neighbors, the world would not be in its current state of evil, greed, corruption, and destruction. The document calls on Christians to change themselves first so they can help change the world by living according to God's directives of love, compassion, and coexistence.
This document discusses descriptive statistics and related concepts. It defines descriptive statistics as involving collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing, and interpreting data without inferring anything beyond what the data shows. It discusses the roles of descriptive statistics including determining what and how much data to collect and how to organize and interpret the data. It also defines key statistical terms like population, parameter, sample, qualitative and quantitative variables, discrete and continuous variables, and different scales of measurement.
TypeScript and Angular2 (Love at first sight)Igor Talevski
“We love TypeScript for many things… With TypeScript, several of our team members have said things like ‘I now actually understand most of our own code!’ because they can easily traverse it and understand relationships much better. And we’ve found several bugs via TypeScript’s checks. “
– Brad Green, Engineering Director - AngularJS
The love emotion vs. the love relationship CBR Conference
Presentation given at the 1st International Consumer Brand Relationships Conference, www.consumer-brand-relationships.org
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The document discusses seven Greek words for types of love: agápe, philia, storgē, pragma, ludus, éros, and philautia. It provides definitions and examples for each. Agápe refers to selfless, sacrificial love. Philia is strong friendship. Storgē describes family love. Pragma involves compromise and tolerance in love. Ludus is playful love. Éros is passionate romantic love. Philautia refers to both healthy and unhealthy forms of self-love.
The document discusses different perspectives on defining the concept of love. It examines preconceptions that love is about romance, possession, or sex. It also references Erich Fromm's book The Art of Loving which emphasizes the state of "falling in love" rather than a permanent condition. The document then explores original experiences of love, including loneliness overcome through loving encounters, reciprocity between partners, creativity within the relationship, union and sacrificial gift of self, the historical nature of love, equality between partners, and the total, eternal and sacred nature of authentic love.
This document defines different types of love and discusses the concept of love according to the Bible. It outlines four Greek words for love: eros, storge, phileo, and agape. Agape love is described as the self-sacrificial love of God that is portrayed in the New Testament. The document encourages readers to love one another as Christ loved us, through sharing with neighbors and memorizing 1 John 4:7-8.
God is defined as love. The Bible expresses that God created love and shows his love for humanity through Jesus Christ. God's love is unconditional and is meant to be shared with others. As Christians, we must accept God's love, love one another, and reflect God's love in how we live.
Love is a complex human emotion with biological, psychological, and social components. Biologically, love involves chemical reactions in the brain that cause feelings of attraction, attachment, and pleasure. Psychologically, theories view love as involving intimacy, passion, commitment, and attachment styles. Culturally, different societies conceptualize stages of love. While love generally involves positive feelings, it can also involve pain through jealousy, addiction-like cravings, and other negative emotions when unreciprocated. Maintaining both passionate and compassionate forms of love provides the most fulfilling relationships.
PowerPoint Slides from our first week of studying C.S. Lewis' "The Four Loves." Some great background on Lewis and what made him who he was. Thanks to Terry Miller for putting this together and leading our study.
The document discusses different styles and stages of love according to Sternberg and Lee. Sternberg identifies three components of love - intimacy, passion, and commitment - which combine to form seven styles of love. Lee describes six stages of love - eros, ludus, storge, pragma, mania, and agape - that people prefer in relationships. The document also discusses love as a form of transference and provides examples of romantic mismatches occurring when partners express different styles of love.
The document discusses various perspectives on the concept of love. It defines love as a complex sentiment that can refer to both romantic feelings and compassion for others. Biologically, love is described as a drive that progresses through stages of lust, attraction, and attachment. Psychologically, love involves intimacy, commitment, and passion. Evolutionarily, love may have developed as a survival mechanism. In Christianity, love is believed to come from God and is central to its teachings.
1) The document discusses "elevator etiquette" rules and draws a comparison between being in an elevator with strangers and being in the family of God with people you may not have chosen.
2) It emphasizes that Christians are commanded to love one another, as modeled by Jesus, and that this love for fellow believers is the sign that identifies them as Christ's disciples.
3) Loving one another, though challenging, is the foundation for healthy community among Christians and the means by which they can experience true biblical fellowship.
This document is a table of contents and outline for a discussion on the theology of the body and how it applies to freedom, love, and living redeemed sexuality. It includes sections on defining freedom and the dependence of freedom on truth, what true love is and balancing freedom and attraction in love, and how Christ redeems sexuality. Throughout it uses quotes from Pope John Paul II's theology of the body teaching to discuss topics like how the body reveals the spiritual, what authentic love is compared to lust, and how love calls us to freedom rather than using others.
The documents discuss different perspectives on the concept of love from various experts.
The physicist views love as a neurological condition driven by chemical reactions in the brain. The psychotherapist notes the ancient Greeks distinguished between different kinds of love like friendship, passion, and self-love. The philosopher asserts love is a passionate commitment that must be nurtured. The romantic novelist believes love drives compelling stories by creating obstacles between people and their object of love. The nun describes love as both freely given yet binding people together stronger than death.
Love encompasses a range of strong positive emotions from virtue and interpersonal affection to simple pleasure. Love commonly refers to a strong attraction and emotional attachment that differs based on the relationship, such as between a mother and child versus a spouse. Love is described as a temporary madness that must be decided if the relationship is worth maintaining once the feelings subside. Unconditional love has no bounds or conditions while universal love is a unification of essence and understanding of the action of love.
The document is a lesson about the fruit of the spirit, love, based on 1 John 4:6-17. It discusses how God is the source of love and how his love was shown through Jesus. It prompts reflection on how to demonstrate God's love to others, particularly those difficult to love, through specific practical actions.
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Much of what occurs in marriages and families is described as love or the absence of love. We sometimes say that we are “in love” or are falling in love with someone. Since the word love is also used to describe our feelings about things such as a certain kind of food (“I love chocolate ice cream.”) or objects such as a car or a movie (e.g., “I loved the movie we saw last night.”), people who study relationships have suggested that human love can take different forms or be one of several different types.
Consider the four different types of love outlined near the beginning of Chapter 6: storge, philia, eros, and agape. In an essay of 500-750 words, include the following:
1. Describe the relationships of at least two different couples you know who exemplify different types of love. (For example, one couple may have an eros type of love for each other while the other may have an agape type of love.)
2. Explain why you think each relationship you described is the type that you think it is. If you are married, have been married, or if you were to marry someone, do you, did you, or would you want your love for the other person to be of one or another of these types? Why?
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There are four different types of love that are outlined in Lauer, Roberts book Marriage and Family: The Quest for Intimacy. They are storge, philia, eros, and agape. All four of these types are based on each individual. The two I would like to discuss is philia and agape love. Philia love, a love between friends, the intimacy characteristics sharing, affection, and commitment ( Lauer 2012). I have a close friend whose best friend is like her sister. They grew up together and have an incredible bond. I feel that there bond my be stronger than hers and her brother. They tend to think alike and understand each other fully. When I first met Ali I believed that Sarah was her sister because they have a closeness that I wish I had with my sister let alone a friend. The Greeks believed that philia love is the highest form of love (Lauer 2012).
Now on the other hand agape love is a love that requires nothing in return. This love is the type of love that I believe God wants us all to know. This love is a selfless type of love because that person acts on the behalf of the well-being of someone else (Lauer 2012). I know a man who helps out a family ...
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Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Heaven and Hell" sermon at New Life Christian Church on August 17, 2014. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
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2. WHAT IS LOVE?
Consciously or unconsciously, people
believe love is a sensation (based on
physical and emotional attraction) that
magically, spontaneously generates
when Mr. or Ms. Right appears.
3. WHAT IS LOVE?
Erich Fromm,
"There is hardly any activity, any
enterprise, which is started with such
tremendous hopes and expectations,
and yet, which fails so regularly, as
love."
4. WHAT IS LOVE?
The physicist:
‘Love is chemistry’
Jim Al-Khalili is a theoretical physicist
and science writer.
5. WHAT IS LOVE?
The psychotherapist:
‘Love has many aspects’
Philippa Perry is a psychotherapist and
author of Couch Fiction.
7. WHAT IS LOVE?
The philosopher:
‘Love is a passionate commitment’
Julian Baggini is a philosopher and
writer.
8. WHAT IS LOVE?
The romantic novelist:
‘Love drives all great stories’
Jojo Moyes is a two-time winner of the
Romantic Novel of the Year award.
9. WHAT IS LOVE?
Catherine Wybourne said,
'Love is free yet binds us'. Love is more
easily experienced than defined. As a
theological virtue, by which we love
God above all things and our
neighbours as ourselves for his sake, it
seems remote until we encounter it
enfleshed, so to say, in the life of
another, in acts of kindness, generosity
and self-sacrifice…
10. WHAT IS LOVE?
Catherine Wybourne said,
…Love's the one thing that can never
hurt anyone, although it may cost
dearly. The paradox of love is that it is
supremely free yet attaches us with
bonds stronger than death. It cannot
be bought or sold; there is nothing it
cannot face; love is life's greatest
blessing.’
11. WHAT IS LOVE?
According to the Bible,
love is caring in action.
Love isn't what we feel,
but what we do.
12. WHAT IS LOVE?
DEFINITION,
‘An emotion, sentiment, or feeling of
pleasurable attraction toward, or
delight in something, as a principle,
or a person, or a thing, which induces
a desire for the presence, possession,
well being or promotion of its object.’
13. WHAT IS LOVE?
ORIGIN OF LOVE
1 John 4:8
‘Whoever does not love does not know
God, because God is love.’
14. WHAT IS LOVE?
DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE
‘PHILEO - LOVE’
Romans 12:10
‘Be devoted to one another in love.
Honor one another above yourselves.’
15. WHAT IS LOVE?
DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE
‘PHILEO - LOVE’
1 Thessalonians 4:9
‘Now about your love for one another
we do not need to write to you, for you
yourselves have been taught by God to
love each other.’
16. WHAT IS LOVE?
DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE
‘PHILEO - LOVE’
‘AGAPE’
Romans 5:8
‘But God demonstrates his own love for
us in this: While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.’
17. WHAT IS LOVE?
DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE
‘PHILEO - LOVE’
‘AGAPE’
1 John 3:16
‘This is how we know what love is: Jesus
Christ laid down his life for us. And we
ought to lay down our lives for one
another.’
18. WHAT IS LOVE?
At the Cross we learn that Agape-Love
involves a commitment to the welfare
of another without any consideration
of worthiness in the loved one.
19. WHAT IS LOVE?
DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE
‘PHILEO - LOVE’
‘AGAPE’
John 3:16
"For God so loved (agape) the world, that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish, but have
eternal life."
23. WHAT IS LOVE?
1 Corinthians 13,
Patient, kind, truthful, unselfish, trusting,
believing, hopeful, and enduring. It is not
jealous, boastful, arrogant, rude, selfish,
or angry. True love never fails.
24. WHAT IS LOVE?
Matthew 22:37,
"YOU SHALL LOVE(AGAPE) THE LORD
YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH
ALL YOUR MIND.“
"YOU SHALL LOVE (AGAPE) YOUR
NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."