Love in Practice · June 9, 2026
What Does "Love Never Fails" Actually Mean?
What does Paul mean when he says "love never fails"? Not that it always succeeds. Not that it always produces the outcome you hoped for. Something better.
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Bearing the image of God
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What Is Sin?
A short, clear, biblical answer
Sin is the absence of godly love, measured by the God who is love. Traced from the first sin in the garden, through the heart, to the cross.
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Love in Practice · June 16, 2026
Is Love A Feeling Or A Choice? What The Bible Actually Says
Is love something that happens to you, or something you decide to do? Let's see what the bible actually says
When did you last choose to love someone when it cost you something to love?
Not the love that happens easily, when the person is kind to you, when the chemistry is good, when the relationship is warm and the feeling is strong. That kind of love does not require much. It is given because it is received in equal measure, and so it costs almost nothing…
Continue reading →Theology · June 3, 2026
What Is Sin? A Short, Biblical Answer
What is sin? Not just the obvious wrongs. Scripture's answer runs deeper: sin is the absence of godly love, measured against the God who is love.
Love in Practice · June 2, 2026
What Are You Afraid Of?
Not the surface fears. The ones that keep you up at night, quietly running like an alarm that never switches off. Scripture says perfect love drives them out, and that is not passive.
Love in Practice · May 26, 2026
Do You Have A List?
Most of us are keeping a quiet ledger of who hurt us, how badly, and how many times. The record is a prison we built. The way out is forgiveness.
Love in Practice · May 20, 2026
You Are Always Sharpening Something
Whether you realize it or not, your reactions are being honed by what you keep feeding. The question is, what.
Love in Practice · May 13, 2026
Seven Words That Should Stop Us In Our Tracks.
They have received their reward in full.
About JQ
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.
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