Song of Solomon Sunday Evening Series

Have you ever fallen in love? Do you know personally the excitement of being enthralled with someone of the opposite sex and being arrested at the thought of living life at the most intimate level with thatperson for the rest of your days? Have you ever felt the unstoppable power of physical attraction? The breathtaking experience of seeing the smiling eyes of someone welcoming you into an exclusive friendship? The satisfaction of belonging to someone who is satisfied in you? The rush of a passionate, lingering kiss? The security of a long, welcoming hug? The euphoria of a physical, tender touch that communicates desire and delight? The joy of being cared for by someone who sees your uniqueness and loves it? Who sees your weaknesses closely and fills them? Who values you in every way? Who depends on you vulnerably? Who affirms and cherishes you utterly? Who thinks about you moment by moment? Who cannot stand to be apart from you?

Have you ever experienced the opposite? The devastation of being hurt at a level so deep, words fall short? Of being rejected? Of having your vulnerabilities exploited? Your trust broken? Your affections refused? Your advances ignored? Your heart broken? Love is a powerful thing. It motivates people to do the most silly and monumental things. We will trade anything we have to get the real thing, and go to any lengths to secure it or avoid losing it. With it, the soul sings! Without it, the soul languishes and dies! The presence of love it the height of bliss! The absence of love is the worst of all torture!

Bambi calls it "twitter-pated". The world knows it as "infatuation". Fairy tales describe it as "enchantment". God calls it love - holy love: the passionate and pure devotion between a man and a woman who are committed to one another in a spiritual oneness of heart, soul, body, and mind for life. God inspired an entire book about it. It's called the Song of Solomon.

The Song of Solomon is that little, crispy portion of God's Word tucked away in the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament that most Christians wander into unexpectedly and receive such a shock that they turn their Bibles to the front again to make sure that they are reading the "Holy Bible" because they can hardly believe it is in His Word. Many Christians, and scholars for that matter, aren't sure what to do with this book. It's racy, poetic, explicit, and frank! Yet, it's beautiful, dignified, romantic, and holy. Some verses make you blush, others send your mind off into a world that looks so different than the one we live in, we wonder if such a love story could ever be a dream come true for us. The good news is, according to God, it can. Join us online here, with handouts and audio, or better yet, plan to attend live, Sunday nights at 6PM!