Love That Seeks No Self-Interest - Progressive (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
"Love does not insist on its own way." Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, represents death row inmates—many who can't pay. He could make more money elsewhere; he stays. He says: "We are all more than the worst thing we've ever done." That's 1 Corinthians 13 applied to justice work. Love that doesn't seek its own sees image-bearers in prisoners. Justice is love made public. When love "keeps no record of wrongs," it transforms how we see the condemned.
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