https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/podcasts/192480/ Christians are told to be imitators of God (Eph 5:1), and God is love (1 John 4:8). But what does it mean to love? What does it mean and look like to love God and love others in a biblical and God-honoring way? Listen to this series as Pastor Hexon explains. Religion & Spirituality Grace Reformed Church http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://vps.sermonaudio.com/resize_image/images/series/1440/1440/192480.1725985939.jpg https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/podcasts/192480/ en Sat, 09 May 2026 19:49:26 +0000 30 Hexon J. Maldonado no Hexon J. Maldonado gracereformedtx@gmail.com Christians are told to be imitators of God (Eph 5:1), and God is love (1 John 4:8). But what does it mean to love? What does it mean and look like to love God and love others in a biblical and God-honoring way? Listen to this series as Pastor Hexon explains. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/1072422710653 Biblical, God-honoring, Christ-exalting, love is a love that is steadfast and immovable because this is the kind of love with which God loves his people. This is the kind of love with which Christ's loves the Church. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/1072422710653 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 06 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:45:47 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/93024212301735 What does it mean that love "hopes all things" or that love is always hopeful? Does it mean that love always hopes for a good outcome in the way one hopes it will rain tomorrow? Hoping for good, but not certain it will happen. Or, does it mean something deeper, something more concrete, something more encouraging? Listen, as Pastor Hexon explains from 1 Corinthians 13:7. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/93024212301735 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 29 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:46:26 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/923242029186338 What does it mean that love believes all things? It cannot mean that love is naive or gullible as there has never been anyone more loving than Christ, and he was neither naive nor gullible. Then what does it mean? Listen to find out. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/923242029186338 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:43:08 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/91624168272789 Biblical, God-honoring, Christ-exalting love bears all things or always bears up. But what does that mean? And how is that different from endures all things? Listen as Pastor Hexon explains from 1 Corinthians 13:7 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/91624168272789 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:34:42 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/910241539424546 The fact that love is patient and kind, does that mean loving Christians should never offend? Should Christians just 'go along' in order 'to get along?' Listen as Pastor Hexon answers these questions. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/910241539424546 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 08 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:47:08 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/92241222291324 It has been said that not forgiving others is like drinking poison and hoping the other person will die. But scripture tells us that 'love is not resentful.' That is, love holds no record of wrong done to us. Love is willing to forgive. Listen, as Pastor Hexon explains from 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/92241222291324 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 01 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:57:11 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/827242033301752 God is "slow to anger" because "God is love" (Ex 34:6; 1 Jn 4:8). And Christians are called to be imitators of God (Eph 5:1). https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/827242033301752 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:51:18 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/819241253275276 As we continue in this series on love, listen as Pastor Hexon explains what it means that love does not seek its own. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/819241253275276 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 18 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:51:18 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/81324023224821 "Love does not elbow its way into conversations, worship services, or public institutions in a disruptive, discourteous, attention-seeking way." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/81324023224821 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:41:36 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/8624257433561 In this message, we look at what it means for love to not be arrogant or prideful. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/8624257433561 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 04 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:40:11 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/7292415624795 In this message we continue through our series, "Love: The Heart of the Gospel" from 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and are looking at the fact that love does not boast. This is different from love not being arrogant, which is next week. But what does it mean that love does not boast, and why does it matter? Listen to find out. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/7292415624795 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 28 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:47:24 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/723241738271754 As we continue walking through 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 in our series, "Love: The Heart of the Gospel," in this message Pastor Hexon talks about the fact that love does not envy. Love is not envious of what others have, just the opposite is true. But why is that? Why must this be true about love? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/723241738271754 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:53:18 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/71524103031744 In this message, we will be looking at what it means for love to be kind. What does it mean that love is kind? True love, biblical love, God-honoring love, is not only patient, but kind. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/71524103031744 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 14 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:50:35 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/79240276729 As we continue our series through 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, "Love: The Heart of the Gospel," we will be talking about love as patience. What does it mean that love is patient? What is patience? What does it look like in the lives of believers? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/79240276729 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 07 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:56:32 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/7324132812892 This message introduces our series on love, titled "Love: The Heart of the Gospel" from 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. We will spend 15 weeks walking through this passage in order to better understand what love is and how it should behave. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/hjmaldonado/sermons/7324132812892 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hexon J. Maldonado 0:59:33 no Hexon J. Maldonado - Love: The Heart of the Gospel