Christians are to be imitators of God, which means to walk in love just as Christ loved us and to avoid the evil of our former lives.
In his opening thanksgiving and prayer, Paul focused on our three most important days.
The extraordinary events in Jerusalem and the mundane events in Nazareth reveal Jesus' uniqueness and his ordinariness.
In response to King Saul’s second major error and his excuse, Samuel famously declared that to obey is better than sacrifice.