Out now · 1 Corinthians 13
Bearing the image of God
A walk through 1 Corinthians 13, one quality of love at a time. You were made in the image of Love, to love.
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No beginning, no end, no succession, and why that is the ground a believer stands on. Nine short chapters.
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A short, clear, biblical answer
Sin is the absence of godly love, traced from the first sin in the garden, through the heart, to the cross.
01 // the_bible
Matthew Henry and two more commentaries that follow you verse by verse. Listen, look up the Greek and Hebrew, follow a reading plan. Free, no account.
Open the Bible →Finding today’s verse…Open the Bible
02 // the_writing
Jesus said murder begins as anger and adultery begins as lust. Sin lives in the heart.
Last time we looked at sin as a condition and not just actions, something every person is born into rather than something we each invent from scratch.
But a condition has to live somewhere.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus took commandments everybody in the crowd already knew, and extended them to conditions of the heart…
Continue reading →no.021 what-is-sin 2026-09-08
Original sin does not mean the first sin Adam committed. It means the condition every person is born into because of it.
no.020 what-is-sin 2026-09-01
The first sin started as a conversation. A question about what God said, followed by a suspicion about why He said it. Genesis 3, and every sin since.
no.019 what-is-sin 2026-08-25
Most of us measure sin by comparison, and come out ahead. Revelation 21:8 puts the cowardly beside murderers. Scripture measures against something else.
no.018 love-in-practice 2026-08-18
You have learned what love is. So what now? Love that stays theoretical is just information. You have been equipped for exactly this. Go and live it.
no.017 love-in-practice 2026-08-11
What does the Bible say about pain and suffering? Pain is not the enemy of love. Handled well, it is one of love's most powerful teachers.
no.016 love-in-practice 2026-08-04
How do you know if you truly love others, not just feel warmly toward them? Real love is not something you manufacture. You are only the conduit, not the source.
03 // about
I am a Christian writer based in South Africa, happily married, living a quiet life. I am not a theologian. I am a careful reader who believes the text means what it says.
I write because I became convinced that many Christians are carrying a version of their faith that is heavier and more complicated than it needs to be, when the thing underneath it all is actually quite simple.