One of the more damning evaluations of a church in the entire NT is found in Revelation 2 when John accuses the Ephesians of having lost their first love (Rev 2:4). My colleague Lynn Cohick explores what that first love was and what was lost in her essay in the edited volume by Nijay Gupta, Tara Beth Leach, Matt Bates, and Drew Strait,
What Was Their "First Love"?
What Was Their "First Love"?
What Was Their "First Love"?
One of the more damning evaluations of a church in the entire NT is found in Revelation 2 when John accuses the Ephesians of having lost their first love (Rev 2:4). My colleague Lynn Cohick explores what that first love was and what was lost in her essay in the edited volume by Nijay Gupta, Tara Beth Leach, Matt Bates, and Drew Strait,