Shema Part 3: The Politics of Love

Pastor Jonny shares from part 3 of our series on Deuteronomy 6:4-5. Each week of this series, we are exploring the significant and important words of the Shema. We started by looking at the word that gives the prayer it’s name, “Shema." Then we moved on to the name of our God, YHWH, whom we are “Shema’ing.” This week we come to the transitional word in the prayer, love. The question is: how do the people of God respond when they have “Heard YHWH?” And the Shema’s answer is love. Yet, that leads to another set of questions: What does it mean to love with all of our heart, soul, and might? Where does love come from? What does love look like in action? The Shema helps us answer these questions.