Sunday’s Coming

Love without end (1 John 3:1-7)

The idea that God loves us seems so simple.

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I was 28 years old when I became a dad. That first moment of holding my tiny, brand new son in my arms created a fundamental shift in the core of my being. No area of my life was left untouched, unaffected. How did I love a person I’d never met so deeply, so instantly?