Just as all roads lead to Rome, so all biblical revelation leads to the knowledge of God as Holy Trinity - one God eternally existing as three distinct persons in eternal loving communion. Christians do not believe in an abstract solitary deity - a disinterested supreme being who may or may not be interested in us. We believe in a God whose very being is love - a God who dwells in eternal personal communion of giving, receiving, and sharing love. In Jesus' final earthly prayer for his disciples, he prayed that we would know this love personally, embody it in community, and express it to the world.
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John 17:20-23 "I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. »more
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John 17:20-23 "I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. »more
"Of course, God loves me; that's his job." But apart from the incarnation, why would we assume this to be true? Let's pretend Jesus was never born. Now, ask yourself, how can you be assured of God's love? What reasons can you give that suggest you matter to God at all? What evidence exists to make the case for a loving God who is humbly interested in your welfare?
In the Song of Songs - just as in the opening chapters of the Bible - we encounter a man and a woman in a garden, naked and unashamed. Just as in Eden, God pronounces a blessing on the delightful and fulfilling love of eros. Our human experience of eros is a faint glimpse of God's passion for us. Only eros can communicate the intensity of divine love. 
Eros is passionate love. The deep feelings that accompany eros are often exclusively associated with sexuality, but eros is not limited to it. Though eros is motivated by self-interest, one should not conclude that eros is always selfish. Eros, when rightly ordered with the other loves, is a deeply spiritual expression of love.
Agape love is a spontaneous and generous love that is self-giving to the point of being self-sacrificial. Agape goes beyond the law and must not be equated with "justice." Agape's boundlessness and spontaneity refuse to be held to minimal standards, and therefore cannot be contained in any expression of law, no matter how righteous. 
The church is a forgiven and forgiving community. We must never separate these two. Our experience of the first (divine forgiveness) should quite naturally lead to the second (forgiving others). Having been graced by God, we must be gracious to one another. For this reason, we daily pray as our Lord Jesus taught: “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.”
According to Baggini, the meaning of life is not "discovered" but "created." Since "God is dead," we are responsible to create meaning for ourselves. However, after an entire book committed to the methodologies of rationalism to speak of life’s meaning, he must abandon his rationalism in order to provide a satisfying answer to the meaning of life. 
Emotions are not irrational. They are inseparably linked with our intellect, or more accurately, our beliefs, values, and assessments. Because of this they are not unimportant, uncontrollable, or undesirable. They are not shallow, unstable, or untruthful. On the contrary, emotions tell us the truth about what we believe and what we value. 
Every group has a message – a gospel, or good news – that they hope to transmit. This is certainly true for the “most popular, repeatedly covered, influential, and enduring rock group of all time:” the Beatles. The goal of this essay is to piece together from the music, lyrics, and lives of the Fab Four the Gospel according to the Beatles.
Compassion is at the heart of God’s character, and this compassion is expressed is divine tenderness. We must not only believe this, but also enter into the experience of God’s compassion in our lives. Armed with a heart of tenderness, our every encounter with others becomes a visible sacrament of Jesus’ love for human beings.
Humility is not so much a virtue as it is an attitude of heart that underlies all Christian virtues. It is humility that keeps us from distorting Christianity into dry intellectualism or mere moralism. The goal of Christian spirituality is love, not self-actualization. Humility allows us to see people as God sees them - and love them as God loves them!
Whether you like it or not, the fingerprint of God is imprinted on your soul. Like countless other human beings who have come before you, you yearn for intimacy, for meaning, and for a sense of destiny. These longings cannot be fully and adequately explained by
naturalistic philosophy. They send us in the direction of the Divine. 
“But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begins.”
