





The word love can have many different meanings. In the same breath we can say, “I love my wife,” and “I love brownies.” Obviously, we don’t think about our spouse the same way we think about food. What we need is a definition of what love really is! On this edition of Focal Point, Mike Fabarez studies Jesus definition of love. And it is radically different than anything we might have heard!

“You scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours” seems to be the standard cultural contract of our day. It’s an understanding based on mutual self-interest. We agree to love those…who love us in return. But on this edition of Focal Point, Mike Fabarez explains that Jesus calls us to adopt a more revolutionary way of caring for others. In Luke, chapter 6, Jesus delivered a sermon that raised the bar beyond the tenets of “The Golden Rule.”

Jesus said, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” Many people know this as The Golden Rule … and even those who don’t consider themselves Christians agree it’s a good rule to follow. That’s because The Golden Rule is generally believed to be a call to common courtesy. On this edition of Focal Point, Mike Fabarez explains that Jesus isn’t calling us to polite interaction, but Exceptional Love with Exceptional Motives!
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