{"id":12224,"date":"2026-06-07T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=12224"},"modified":"2026-06-07T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:25:35","slug":"questions-we-should-be-asking-what-is-love","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/sermons\/questions-we-should-be-asking-what-is-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions We Should Be Asking &#8211; What Is Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does love actually look like? Most people would agree that love is important, but the Bible calls us to something more than good intentions and kind words. In this message, we explore the practical side of Christian love through the parable of the Good Samaritan and the words of the Apostle John. Discover how love becomes visible through sacrifice, service, compassion, and a willingness to move toward people in need. As we conclude our series, <em>Are We Known for What We Oppose or What We Love?<\/em>, we&#8217;ll be challenged to consider not only what we believe, but how the love of Christ is seen through our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em>John 13:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 John 3:18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Love Sees What Others Miss<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Love Crosses Boundaries<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Love Is Costly<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em>1 John 3:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Love Serves Without Expecting Payment<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does love actually look like? Most people would agree that love is important, but the Bible calls us to something more than good intentions and kind words. In this message, we explore the practical side of Christian love through the parable of the Good Samaritan and the words of the Apostle John. Discover how love becomes visible through sacrifice, service, compassion, and a willingness to move toward people in need. As we conclude our series, Are We Known for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[83],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12224","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-tommy-sprinkle","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12227,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12224\/revisions\/12227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=12224"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=12224"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=12224"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=12224"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=12224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}