(Adapted from Christian Suffering, by R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries (1987))

“Formal”		“Intimate”
subject	verb	object
I	Love	You
Impersonal love	¦	Personal love	People you choose to love. ...Not expected to have       personal love for everyone. ...Requires knowing the person.
Emphasizes subject	¦	Emphasizes object
Integrity in subject	¦	Demands attractiveness
Directed to all	¦	Directed toward few
Unconditional	¦	Conditional
Stable & Strong	¦	Vulnerable & Volatile

od is Love.”

e love because He first loved us.”

Soul Rapport within the Trinity		Intra-Trinitarian Love
		Perfectly holy Perfectly righteousness Perfect SSE - Spiritual Self-Esteem