Our Values | Week 2 | What Makes Love Real?

Most of us were taught to chase love instead of receive it. Pastor Christian works through why the modern definition of love (subjective, consumeristic, defined by feelings) leaves people anxious, lonely, and afraid. Pulling from 2 Timothy 1:7 and 1 John 4, he makes the case that real love has to come from a source outside ourselves. God is love, and His love does not respond to loveliness; it creates it. Pastor Christian breaks down the difference between agape and the other Greek words for love, why perfect love casts out fear, why so many people struggle to feel loved even when they are, and what it actually looks like to practice love rather than wait to feel it. There is honest talk about church hurt, the lies we believe about being unlovable, and the small daily practices that change how we show up for the people around us. Watch to the end. The last few minutes might entirely reframe how you think about love.