Agape: The Infinite, Ultimate Love of God

by David Young

In the English language, the word “love” is so feeble that it requires the help of a bushel basket of adjectives. As a result, it also is easily misconstrued or misused. The Greek language has four words for agapē, storge, eros and philia. And, four words are needed. Very briefly—Agapē: unconditional love. family love. friend love. marital love.

Agapē is the mother of the other three. They are her children. The more agapē that you have the more of the others you will have. Agapē enriches everything.

David weaves together personal experiences, shared experiences, Old Testament verses, New Testament verses, lyrics from old hymns, lyrics from new faith songs and quotes from theologians and pastors old and new to bring a deep understanding of agapē.

You want to love unconditionally (agapē)? Read this book.
You want to love your spouse more (eros)? Read this book.
You want to love your mother, father, siblings, cousins more (storge)? Read this book.
You want to love your friends more (philia)? Read this book.
You truly want to understand the depth of agapē. Read this book.
Agapē, “The Infinite, Ultimate Love of God”. The most amazing thing is that God will equip you to love like this.

You want more of David’s insight? Read his books, Faith and Hope.

187 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 29, 2019

About the author

For more than 40 years David Young has regularly published articles, poetry,
plays, Bible studies, devotionals and sermons for various venues. His writings have been translated in to several languages.

For most of that time he served as Pastor of churches in Oklahoma, Texas and Washington state. For 28 years he was pastor of Trinity Baptist Church of Lakewood, (Suburban Tacoma, WA)

David graduated from Central State University (now The University of Central Oklahoma), Edmond, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth. He has taught extension classes for Oklahoma Baptist University and
Goldengate Baptist Theological Seminary.

He has spoken, ministered and taught in Western and Eastern Europe, Central and Southeast Asia and North America.

Reviews

[Chris Huff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid, easy-to-digest teaching on agape in the Bible.

There's nothing really wrong with this book. It summarizes and expounds on many of the key passages of Scripture that deal with God's love and our response to God's love. It would make for a good book study in a small group, especially since nearly every chapter ends with questions that can be used for discussion.

My only real critisicm of the book is that it just doesn't go far enough in capturing just how radical God's love is. I'm not sure any book can really capture it, since it's higher than the heavens and deeper than the seas. So maybe it's not fair for me to criticize a book for something that might be impossible to do.

And yet, it seems to me that a book about agape ought to admit on nearly every page that we can't even come close to fathoming how great God's love is. We can't put His love in a box. We can't do it justice with our meager descriptions. For the perfect, righteous, and holy God to love undeserving, helplessly broken sinners such as ourselves isn't just awesome, it's insane! I certainly don't mean to say that God is crazy, but that's the closest way I can possibly express what it is for God to love me.

I think the author certainly meant to convey the same thing. But it just doesn't quite get there.

But I think I probably state this critisicm too forcefully. As I wrote at the start, this is a solid book about agape. And God's love is definitely worth meditating upon.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

**Quick and profound read**

Not much more to say beyond that. This was a wonderfully expansive explanation on the type of love that is Agape, which is essentially sacrificial love that is not fueled by feeling, but of choice. It does a fine job of showcasing God's love in various areas of the Bible, with a hefty serving of Bible verses to boot. Not only that, but I also love how it essentially helps teach how to not only experience, learn, and comprehend God's love, but how we can properly demonstrate to others in our lives.

I don't really have complaints about this one, at least not about the subject. If I had to say anything, it was the slight desire to see it dive even deeper. While the short read made it easy to get through, it also meant it was over with rather fast. Not to the point of being surface level, but not quite deep into the abysmal depths either. Other than that, this was a thought-provoking read, and I look forward to reading beyond this entry into more of this author's work.

[DesireeSayre · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful Book

Agape love is different than human love in that it loves even when we do not feel like loving. Agape love requires knowing that we are truly loved by God unconditionally so that we can in turn love everyone everywhere.

[Rosemary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written, this book should be in the library of every committed Christian.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another outstanding book by David Young.
Gods love is all around us. This book exlains his love for us. Agape, pure love that only God can provide. Using bible scripture David explains this love for us.