Raising Infantiles

In Act Like Men, we discussed the rich variety of the Infantile's emotional life. We now consider how that emotional life can mature and develop under God's Love Ethics.

Related topics: Equipped, infantile, love bank, love demands, love ethics, thankfulness, tribalism

The Poison of Ingratitude

At the heart of the broken heart is a poison called ingratitude. It grows and spreads throughout life. The healing in Love Ethics begins by turning ingratitude into thankfulness.

Related topics: Comming Soon, depravity, infantile

The Tragedy and Beauty of Love

Nothing surpasses the power of love to inflict tragedy or create beauty in life. Why is love such a burden and blessing?

Rebellion, Conformity or Victory

Having examined the weakness of defensive spirituality and Tribal Love, we must also discount the unhealthy ways to redefine the past, such as rebellion or conformity. There's another option: through the power of God's love, we can win with the Tribe and our past love relationships. This is how Love Ethics meet our deepest

Related topics: dumb sacrifice, love authority, plv, tribalism, victorious love

Tribal Love

Previously, we described the sad lives so many Christians fall into when they lose track of what's most important in life: mature love. It grows into a debilitating malaise called Christian Tribalism marked by fear, guilt and naivety. But with biblical Love Ethics, there are ways to rise above our Tribalism and find the

Related topics: guilt, tribalism

Defensive Spirituality

Spiritual Immaturity impacts our ability to form love relationships. This failure often evolves into a fear-driven lifestyle we call Defensive Spirituality. In James 2 the "the Royal Law" explains how to break the chains of spiritual stagnation and move into advanced Christianity.

Spiritual Immaturity

We now consider the impact of spiritual immaturity on love relationships. As we last discussed, spiritual maturity should mean emotional maturity, especially our ability to love. Spiritual immaturity means "Love Defects" as first taught by Dr. Ankenman in the 1970s.

Related topics: immature love, tribalism

Discussing and Studying a Love Ethic

We are compiling discussion questions useful for further consideration and study about these articles. For those interested, click this link and add your own questions! We will soon publish a full bibliography for those interested in the source materials used, and we’ll make some of the Xenos teachings from the 1970’s available online.

Related topics: victorious love

Spiritual Maturity

Christians get so confused about what matters and what doesn't, how to grow, and how to follow Christ. But it's really quite simple, after all. It means growing in the ability to love. This article examines the primacy of love as found in the Bible.

Related topics: immaturity, Nobility, priorities

The Power of Love

Previously we demonstrated how western culture is the epitome of the world Jesus described where “most people’s love will grow cold.” In contrast, the Bible describes what love looks like and its effect: victorious, new life!

Related topics: emotions, irrational love, plf