Foundational Podcast

I know we said, “’Till death do us part.’ But, I just don’t love him anymore.” Those are painful words, spoken in a marriage counseling session. How can that be? How is it possible for a man and a woman, deeply in love and passionately committed to one another at one time, to stop loving? How is it possible for a child raised in a Christian home to stop loving their parents? The Apostle Paul wrote in “the love chapter” the amazing words, "Love never fails."  Yet, we know love does fail. Did the Scripture lie or did someone make a mistake? Jesus gives us clarity in Matthew 24:12. “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold” (KJV). This is a difficult verse, at best. Let’s try to un-package it. “Iniquity” (anomia) is disrespect for the law or someone who chooses to live above the law. It is living without law; wickedness. “Wax cold” (psugeesetai from psuchoo) means breath cool; blowing cool air; or the loss of temperature. A culture or an individual who chooses to live lawless will expe