Speaker: Pastor Russel Moldovan

This sermon is part of a series on relationships, focusing on how Jesus taught us to love God and others. It explains that the English word “love” can be confusing because it’s used for everything from food to people, but in the Bible’s original Greek, there are four words for love: Storge (family love), Philos (friendship), Eros (romantic love), and Agape (unconditional love). The first three are conditional and can fade, but Agape is the love God shows us—unchanging, selfless, and not based on what we do. This is the kind of love we are called to have for others, especially as followers of Christ.The sermon also highlights the “Five Love Languages,” a concept from Gary Chapman that explains how people feel loved in different ways: physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, and acts of service. Just as Jesus used all these ways to love others, we are encouraged to do the same—at home, in church, and in our communities. Miscommunication often happens when we show love in our own preferred way instead of how others best receive it. To build healthy relationships and a loving church, we must learn to speak all five love languages. The ultimate message is to love others with Agape love—the same way God loves us.