by Marcia Mount Shoop
Romans 12:9-21
“For Jesus followers, love is not a romantic notion, it is a public virtue. Love is the fabric of beloved community–the impulse to care, to be there for someone, to live out of the deep ways we are connected and the ways we need to be able to trust each other to thrive.
For followers of Jesus, love is not sentimentality. And love is not reserved for the chosen few, for our favorites. Love is a way of life–and Paul makes something else very clear to the Jesus followers in Rome–love isn’t love if it is fake or feigned, if it’s hypocritical, if it’s only felt for certain people, and a pretense with others.
Love is a way of life–not just in your home or in your personal life, but in all your interactions and in the public square.”
Watch the full GCPC service on 9/3/23 here
(Scripture and sermon begin at 52:30)