LOVE ACTUALLY IS... (31)
Scripture: Song of Songs 8:5-14
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Love Actually Is... (31)
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Song of Songs 8:5-14
Introduction
The wise sages John Winston Lennon and Paul James McCartney once argued that all you need is love. It's a nice sentiment and thought and hard to refute. But what is love, right? There seems to be common, universal consensus as to the importance of love and the value of love, but will someone please define love! Now sure we could consult a dictionary or pick up a few journal articles from sociologists and psychologists to find an answer. But I'm not really interested in an academic definition, because what I'm really asking this morning is ''How does the world (the prevailing culture around us) define love?''
The Urban Dictionary is an online resource that is of help to us in this quest. (Now, Disclaimer: the Urban Dictionary is crowdsourced website meaning anybody can put any definition or word on there. My point being that it can get rather vulgar on that website, so I wouldn't recommend just perusing the site for fun) In this case, however, I think it's very helpful because the nature of the site means that what you are getting is a glimpse into the perceptions and thoughts of people today.
For example, look up the word 'love' in the Urban Dictionary and the most popular definition offered for 'love' is, ''nature's way of tricking people into reproducing.'' This view very much aligns with a naturalistic view of the world where we are all simply animals following the chemicals and hormones of our bodies. The second most popular definition of love is, ''The most spectacular, indescribable, deep euphoric feeling for someone,'' followed by, ''An unexplainable yet incredibly strong feeling for someone.'' In each of these definitions we see a common theme of an emotional or physical impulse and desire for another person.
Now I don't want us to get bogged down in semantics or definitions, this morning. Ins ...
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Song of Songs 8:5-14
Introduction
The wise sages John Winston Lennon and Paul James McCartney once argued that all you need is love. It's a nice sentiment and thought and hard to refute. But what is love, right? There seems to be common, universal consensus as to the importance of love and the value of love, but will someone please define love! Now sure we could consult a dictionary or pick up a few journal articles from sociologists and psychologists to find an answer. But I'm not really interested in an academic definition, because what I'm really asking this morning is ''How does the world (the prevailing culture around us) define love?''
The Urban Dictionary is an online resource that is of help to us in this quest. (Now, Disclaimer: the Urban Dictionary is crowdsourced website meaning anybody can put any definition or word on there. My point being that it can get rather vulgar on that website, so I wouldn't recommend just perusing the site for fun) In this case, however, I think it's very helpful because the nature of the site means that what you are getting is a glimpse into the perceptions and thoughts of people today.
For example, look up the word 'love' in the Urban Dictionary and the most popular definition offered for 'love' is, ''nature's way of tricking people into reproducing.'' This view very much aligns with a naturalistic view of the world where we are all simply animals following the chemicals and hormones of our bodies. The second most popular definition of love is, ''The most spectacular, indescribable, deep euphoric feeling for someone,'' followed by, ''An unexplainable yet incredibly strong feeling for someone.'' In each of these definitions we see a common theme of an emotional or physical impulse and desire for another person.
Now I don't want us to get bogged down in semantics or definitions, this morning. Ins ...
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