During our class this morning, we discussed the famous passage relating to love that can be found in Paul’s initial letter to the folks in Corinth.
Our teacher for the day, as he is wont to do, came at the passage from a side angle, springing from the shadows as it were.
Without going in to too much detail, we basically came to the conclusion that love is the opposite of being an asshole. There is a book out now that addresses the problem of assholes, and our esteemed teacher brought it to bear on the Corinthian church. It was fascinating.
March 11, 2007 at 4:44 pm
That’s accessible language that I’d like to hear at weddings. Instead of this high flying chapter 13 stuff, have the the preacher say, “don’t be assholes to one another and when you are love each other anyway.”
Could be refreshing at funerals too: “he was a huge asshole, but we loved him anyway.”
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