Another Look at Love
A recent discussion of Romance novels caused me to reexamine the Greek love words. These are storge , phileo , eros , and agape . There’s little question what some of these mean. storge appears to be a fondness for the people we know. You might have this for your co-workers. phileo goes farther than that. It is more like the love that David and Jonathan had for each other and apparently, it is the love Peter had for Jesus. It reminds me of old family friends that you may not see for months, but when you get together it is like you’ve never been apart. Then there is eros which is that natural sexual desire that we all have. It is good when a man has it for his wife, but he could also have it for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. We don’t have much control over it, but we do have the choice not to act on it. Lastly, there is agape , which I suspect is misunderstood by many people. The reason I think this word is misunderstood is because people have equated agape with the unconditio...