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Love That Endures Oppression - Black Church (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

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"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." The Black Church has borne much: slavery, Jim Crow, lynching, discrimination. Yet it kept loving—loving God, loving community, even insisting on loving enemies. "Love keeps no record of wrongs"—yet the church also demands justice. Is that contradiction? No: refusing bitterness while pursuing righteousness is costly love. Howard Thurman wrote that Jesus showed a "third way" beyond submission or hatred. 1 Corinthians 13 is that way.

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enduranceoppressionlovethird wayThurman

Scripture References

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Emotional Tone

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