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James M. Renihan

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True Love: The Grace of Christian Fellowship

“James Renihan warmly and ably opens up the great subject of love in 1 Corinthians 13. He challenges our self-centeredness and urges us to pursue true love—a love which is founded in God’s prior love and is to permeate and motivate every aspect of the Christian’s life.” – Robert Strivens

What is This Book About?

In this new and revised edition of “True Love”, James M. Renihan considers afresh the vital and practical theme of love in 1 Corinthians 13. Christian love is central to the life of every believer. When Paul speaks of the work of the Holy Spirit in believers, love is the first thing he mentions (Gal. 5:22), when our Saviour prepared his disciples on that final night in Jerusalem, he spoke to them about love (John 13), and when we contemplate our salvation in Christ we must helplessly confess that God first loved us before we loved him (1 John 4:19). Read this little book and see God’s glorious plan of true love in His church!

This exposition of 1 Corinthians 13 will show us what true Christian love is all about.

“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Cor. 13: 13.

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About the Author

James M. Renihan, PhD, was appointed the first president of International Reformed Baptist Seminary in 2018, having served as Dean of the Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies for 20 years. He is married to Lynne and has served as a pastor of churches in Massachusetts, New York and California. His academic work has focused on the Second London Baptist Confession, the broader Puritan theological context from which it arose and the ecclesiology of 17th Century Particular Baptists.

He writes of this book in the Preface, “I pray that these words will be helpful to you, and that the Lord Jesus will be glorified in your life.”

James Renihan warmly and ably opens up the great subject of love in 1 Corinthians 13. He challenges our self-centeredness and urges us to pursue true love—a love which is founded in God’s prior love and is to permeate and motivate every aspect of the Christian’s life.

This is one of the best books I’ve read for a long time. James Renihan has done us a great service. How should you read this book? In small parts, meditating prayerfully on each portion (the chapter subheadings are ideal for this). True Love’s usefulness is enhanced because the author first sets these verses within the context of the whole letter of 1 Corinthians, and then shows why they sit between Paul’s two chapters dealing with spiritual gifts.

The part that most people seem to like about Christianity is love. How many times have you heard 1 Corinthians 13 read at weddings? Yet love is gravely misunderstood in our culture, apart from the wider scope of God’s character, commands, and saving work in Christ. James Renihan deserves our gratitude because he neither sentimentalizes nor intellectualizes love. Here is a rich, vivid, and concrete exploration of this fantastic subject.

I n True Love, James Renihan puts 1 Corinthians 13 firmly in its context. Beginning with God’s love for us in Christ, and the law and gospel of love, Renihan also situates chapter 13 in the epistle as a whole and then—without dealing with other contentious issues— focuses on this love, its importance, and its outworking. Given how misunderstood and abused the whole notion of love is both within and without the church, and how often abused and sentimentalized this chapter can be, this is a powerful corrective to shallow and errant views, providing us with a solid, careful, and challenging study of this most vital Christian grace and duty.

I f you’re looking for a short and sweet book that discusses the famous “love” chapter in the Bible, you’ll want to get True Love by Dr. James Renihan. I’d recommend this book for anyone studying 1 Corinthians or the biblical theme of love. I’d also recommend this book as a good one to read/discuss in your church’s community group, book club, or Bible study—from high school to older adult, both men and women. Finally, it would make a great gift book—not too long and tedious, but short, sweet, and focused on Jesus.

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Topics	1 Corinthians 13; Christian Fellowship; Christian Love; Reformed View of Love in the Church; Grace and Love; Paul's Theology of Love; Love in 1 Corinthians
ISBN	978-1739365363
Dimensions	18 × 13 × 1.5 cm