All you need is (God’s) love

I asked a friend what I should do my column on this week. Immediately the answer came — love.

I groaned. Love? Really? Then the reminder that Valentines Day is rapidly approaching making the topic uber (as some would say) appropriate.

I am not a fan of sitting in church around Valentines Day. I have heard a lot of sermons given on I Corinthians 13. You know, the LOVE chapter. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind hearing that sermon every year or so. But there is something refreshing about a preacher who can pull out a different scripture to apply to the LOVE day.

Take John 15 for instance. In vers...