"More Than Desire"

Rev. Jimmy McPherson - 2 Samuel 11:1–5; 1 Corinthians 13:1–13

This sermon contrasts lust and love through David’s abuse of power in 2 Samuel 11 and Paul’s vision of the “more excellent way” in 1 Corinthians 13. It names how desire untethered from love leads to objectification and fracture, while Christ’s self-giving love reorders our hearts and restores dignity. The invitation is not repression but redemption — to move from grasping to communion and to discover in God’s love what it truly means to be fully alive.

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