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In Matthew, the previous verses imply it can mean placing anything above God. Leon Morris notes that the Greek: δουλεύειν, douleuein, translated as serve, literally means be a slave to, unlike in Luke where the reference is to servants. [1] The Holman Christian Standard Bible translated the phrase as "No one can be a slave of two ...
Love is a key attribute of God in Christianity, even if in the New Testament the expression "God is love" explicitly occurs only twice and in two not too distant verses: 1 John 4:8,16. The love of God has been the center of the spirituality of a number of Christian mystics such as Teresa of Avila .
Tropological reading or "moral sense" is a Christian tradition, theory, and practice of interpreting the figurative meaning of the Bible. It is part of biblical exegesis and one of the Four senses of Scripture .
Love can have other meanings in English, but as used in the New Testament it almost always refers to the virtue of caritas. Many times when charity is mentioned in English-language bibles, it refers to "love of God", which is a spiritual love that is extended from God to man and then reflected by man, who is made in the image of God, back to God.
Catholic bishop Robert Barron says that the talents in this parable are "a share in the mercy of God, a participation in the weightiness of the divine love," rather than personal abilities or wealth. He utilizes the interpretation of Old Testament professor Robert Schoenstene, who argues that a talent in ancient Jewish times was very weighty ...
It is understood by Western Christians to be a spontaneous gift from God to people – "generous, free and totally unexpected and undeserved" [2] – that takes the form of divine favor, love, clemency, and a share in the divine life of God. [3] In the Eastern Orthodox Church, grace is the uncreated Energies of God.
In Western Christianity, Lectio Divina (Latin for "Divine Reading") is a traditional monastic practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's word. [1] In the view of one commentator, it does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the living word. [2]
Crazy Love deals with the idea of the average Christian's love of God and learning how to further develop those feelings into a "crazy, relentless, all-powerful love." In the format of Crazy Love Chan dedicates three sections to renewing understanding around the character of God and seven chapters encourage Christians to examine themselves.