Agapē Isn’t A Magical Word: Why Peter Was Hurt That Jesus Asked Him A Third Time, “Do You Love Me?”

One old familiar chestnut is the notion that Greek distinguishes various kinds of love and that the highest among these is agapē. The desire to find some magical Greek term to articulate what a truly pure form of love involves is not hard to explain. We say we “love” pizza, but we certainly mean something … Continue reading Agapē Isn’t A Magical Word: Why Peter Was Hurt That Jesus Asked Him A Third Time, “Do You Love Me?”