Books and Blogs by David W. Jones
As I cut open the post Christmas boxes, I realized how much I love stuff. As a reminder of the importance of balance in my own life, I pulled out my book Enough. As a helpful post Christmas reminder, here is the first chapter. Click on the picture or the following link:
How did Jesus understand love and what it meant to be loved?
Some languages have it easier. The Greeks have more than one word for love. They have eros, philio, agape. Those choices seem to have suited them well. Yet, to write in English, I haven’t found a lot of help in substituting Greek or any other unfamiliar words. To explore love in the mind of Jesus, in the psychology of Jesus and how he loved rather than new words for ‘love,’ I propose in Jesus that we see love in two forms, two types, two kinds which are both familiar and universal.
Continue reading “What’s Love Got to Do With It? Love and the Baptism of Jesus”
