Maturing In Love

September 14, 2025 | 1 Corinthians 13 | Willie Shain-Ross

1 Corinthians 13 may be one of the most popular passages in the Bible. Its poetic exploration of love has captured the hearts and minds of people all throughout history, and has become a common reading at weddings. But because it’s so familiar to us, we may have lost sight of what it really means. This passage is not meant to be about the sentimentality of love, but about growing up in our faith.

This week, we are excited to welcome Willie Shain-Ross, who helps us to hear past the familiarity of this passage, so that we can hear it the way its first listeners heard it 2000 years ago: not as a piece of beautiful poetry, but as a stinging rebuke, inviting us into following Jesus according to a more excellent way. As Willie unpacks Paul’s exploration of God’s love, he shows us the harsh reality of love, the humbling experience of love, and the heavenly aim of love.