Jeremiah and his friend Phil explore the question: “Why did Jesus teach that loving God is the greatest commandment?” This conversation includes such topics as theodicy, existentialism, obedience, relationship, the nature of belief, and the dark night of the soul.
Holy cow. You two need to converse more in these blogs. The synergy is wonderful. This “other” is fascinating. The LOVE … wow. God IS love, His nature! His essence. To love, verb, is to participate in Him. Wow.
Thank you, Jeremiah and Phil, for an amazing conversation! May I add, Psalm 91:14-16, “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “…………” (followed by His promises on this subject). I like to read this as, “Because she loves me….”
God is genderless – one of his names is the many-breasted one who provides suckling for his children.