1. The Gospel Call To Love “Everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” John 13:35

2. What is love? O We learn about love through our culture – our families, our friends and from the media O List 3 movies, TV shows, websites, commercials, songs, books etc and explain what they teach (either directly or indirectly) about love.

3. Popular Love O What we learn from our culture is often what we define as “popular love” – “love at first sight”, passionate, is committed very quickly, is sometimes intimate very quickly O How does this compare to real-life love relationships you are aware of?

4. Infatuation O Infatuation – a foolish, extravagant and unreasoning passion or attraction O Infatuation is all-consuming and very intense O It is an important stage to go through, especially for teenagers “It is even more important to know how to tell infatuation from love and judge your actions accordingly.” O Explain the last statement in your own words.

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=IlJFvxad1_A O Why does our Culture send messages that self- gratification is more important than waiting for love?

6. Agape O Pure, selfless love as Jesus taught us O Agape is "unconditional love" (In the New Testament, it refers to the covenant love of God for humans, as well as the human reciprocal love for God; the term necessarily extends to the love of one’s fellow man)New Testament

7. The Gospel call to Love O Christ calls us to love for all people (dignity, respect, compassion, care) O Read John 13:31-35 – Christ calls this a new Commandment. This is major! * Read the Scripture passages on the right and summarize what each one says. Using this information, write a definition of Christian love. O Romans 15:2 O Philippians 2:3-5 O Romans 5:8 O Proverbs 17:9-12 O Jeremiah 31:3 O John 3:16 O Matthew 20:25-28 O John 13:34 O John 15:12-17 O Luke 6:31 O Luke 6:35 O 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 O Ephesians 4:2 O 1 John 4:8, 18-19 O Matthew 22:37-39