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Since we're supposed to deny ourselves, it seems like it assumes we normally love ourselves. Duty means doing something even when we're...

Why don't they have a Nobel Prevarication Prize?

You are missing some scripture. Jesus also said to do good to those who hurt you, which is how you love even your enemies. He didn't...

Sounds right to me

Something Jesus and Moses assumed was happening but is never commanded. Which makes me wonder if it's something we are asking of people...

And we're supposed to confess and repent when we do. Repent means stop doing the sin and do the good. Yes, you can, if you are a...

But we’re supposed to love our enemies, not appreciate them. And love our neighbor as ourselves, which has to include appreciation...

@chrysostom It took some work to find it, but here it is: Things you love. And there are some anyones in there.

A pecan is something you keep by the side of your bed for when you get older and have to get up in the middle of the night.

Yes, I get hungry in the middle of the night, too, now that I’m older.

It's easy to love the ideal person, since he doesn't exist. But if we don't love anyone, what kind of Christian are we?