This episode launches a new “Lovely Statements” series—short, powerful phrases that can transform the way we love the people around us.The first statement is simple. Only four words. But when spoken sincerely, it can change the tone of a room, a relationship, or even a life.Sometimes loving better begins with a question... and this week, it also begins with a piano.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2037331/open_sms">Send a text</a>&quot;Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!&quot;

<description>&lt;p&gt;This episode launches a new &lt;b&gt;“Lovely Statements”&lt;/b&gt; series—short, powerful phrases that can transform the way we love the people around us.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first statement is simple. Only four words. But when spoken sincerely, it can change the tone of a room, a relationship, or even a life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes loving better begins with a question... and this week, it also begins with a piano.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2037331/open_sms"&gt;Send a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This episode launches a new “Lovely Statements” series—short, powerful phrases that can transform the way we love the people around us. The first statement is simple. Only four words. But when spoken sincerely, it can change the tone of a room, a relationship, or even a life. Sometimes loving better begins with a question... and this week, it also begins with a piano. Send a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" 

Lovely Statements: How Can I Help?

What if the thing that feels most fair is actually the thing that destroys us?What do global wars, church discipline, and your most painful relationships have in common?This episode explores the uncomfortable truth that justice alone can create more ruin—and why love sometimes absorbs the cost instead of demanding repayment.If you’ve ever struggled to forgive without keeping score, this one is for you.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2037331/open_sms">Send a text</a>&quot;Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!&quot;

<description>&lt;p&gt;What if the thing that feels most fair is actually the thing that destroys us?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What do global wars, church discipline, and your most painful relationships have in common?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This episode explores the uncomfortable truth that justice alone can create more ruin—and why love sometimes absorbs the cost instead of demanding repayment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you’ve ever struggled to forgive without keeping score, this one is for you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2037331/open_sms"&gt;Send a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

What if the thing that feels most fair is actually the thing that destroys us? What do global wars, church discipline, and your most painful relationships have in common? This episode explores the uncomfortable truth that justice alone can create more ruin—and why love sometimes absorbs the cost instead of demanding repayment. If you’ve ever struggled to forgive without keeping score, this one is for you. Send a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" 

Rebuilding Love

Love cannot thrive where escape routes remain.In this episode, we explores what Jesus teaches about exclusive, forward-only love: loving enemies, forgiving repeatedly, rejecting idolatry, honoring marriage vows, and loving God without divided allegiance. From Matthew 5 to Luke 16, from family life to finances, the message is clear — love only works when we stop looking back.If we want marriages that endure, children who feel secure, faith that survives hardship, and hearts fully devoted to God, there is only one path:Burn the ships.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2037331/open_sms">Send a text</a>&quot;Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!&quot;

<description>&lt;p&gt;Love cannot thrive where escape routes remain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this episode, we explores what Jesus teaches about exclusive, forward-only love: loving enemies, forgiving repeatedly, rejecting idolatry, honoring marriage vows, and loving God without divided allegiance. From Matthew 5 to Luke 16, from family life to finances, the message is clear — love only works when we stop looking back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we want marriages that endure, children who feel secure, faith that survives hardship, and hearts fully devoted to God, there is only one path:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Burn the ships.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2037331/open_sms"&gt;Send a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Love cannot thrive where escape routes remain. In this episode, we explores what Jesus teaches about exclusive, forward-only love: loving enemies, forgiving repeatedly, rejecting idolatry, honoring marriage vows, and loving God without divided allegiance. From Matthew 5 to Luke 16, from family life to finances, the message is clear — love only works when we stop looking back. If we want marriages that endure, children who feel secure, faith that survives hardship, and hearts fully devoted to ...

Burning Love

What does it really mean to love without conditions?In this conversation, Scott sits down with Dr. Tom Hamilton—Bible professor, academic dean, husband, father of eleven, and adoptive parent—to explore love as more than a feeling. Together they discuss marriage, adoption, parenting, and family life as spiritual disciplines designed to shape character, reveal selfishness, and form Christlike patience.Drawing from decades of lived experience, Tom reflects on unconditional love, the cost of commitment, the formation power of family relationships, and how God uses ordinary, often difficult relationships to make us more like Jesus. This episode challenges modern assumptions about marriage, children, comfort, and success.Topics include:<ul><li>Why marriage is a spiritual discipline, not just a romantic choice</li><li>Adoption and loving without guarantees or outcomes</li><li>How family life exposes and shapes character</li><li>Cultural myths about money, children, and “having enough”</li><li>Why unconditional love must truly be unconditional</li></ul><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2037331/open_sms">Send a text</a>&quot;Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!&quot;

<description>&lt;p&gt;What does it really mean to love without conditions?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this conversation, Scott sits down with Dr. Tom Hamilton—Bible professor, academic dean, husband, father of eleven, and adoptive parent—to explore love as more than a feeling. Together they discuss marriage, adoption, parenting, and family life as &lt;b&gt;spiritual disciplines&lt;/b&gt; designed to shape character, reveal selfishness, and form Christlike patience.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Drawing from decades of lived experience, Tom reflects on unconditional love, the cost of commitment, the formation power of family relationships, and how God uses ordinary, often difficult relationships to make us more like Jesus. This episode challenges modern assumptions about marriage, children, comfort, and success.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topics include:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why marriage is a spiritual discipline, not just a romantic choice&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adoption and loving without guarantees or outcomes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How family life exposes and shapes character&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cultural myths about money, children, and “having enough”&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why unconditional love must truly be unconditional&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2037331/open_sms"&gt;Send a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

What does it really mean to love without conditions? In this conversation, Scott sits down with Dr. Tom Hamilton—Bible professor, academic dean, husband, father of eleven, and adoptive parent—to explore love as more than a feeling. Together they discuss marriage, adoption, parenting, and family life as spiritual disciplines designed to shape character, reveal selfishness, and form Christlike patience. Drawing from decades of lived experience, Tom reflects on unconditional love, the cost of co...

The Spiritual Discipline of Family: a conversation with Dr. Tom Hamilton

A deadly outbreak empties cities, shuts down schools, and forces one frustrated student into isolation. What feels like loss and interruption quietly becomes the most creative season of his life. In this episode, Spaced Love explores why distance, silence, and unfilled moments may be essential to real growth—and asks whether our obsession with constant motion is costing us the very love we’re trying to build.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2037331/open_sms">Send a text</a>&quot;Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!&quot;

<description>&lt;p&gt;A deadly outbreak empties cities, shuts down schools, and forces one frustrated student into isolation. What feels like loss and interruption quietly becomes the most creative season of his life. In this episode, &lt;em&gt;Spaced Love&lt;/em&gt; explores why distance, silence, and unfilled moments may be essential to real growth—and asks whether our obsession with constant motion is costing us the very love we’re trying to build.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2037331/open_sms"&gt;Send a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A deadly outbreak empties cities, shuts down schools, and forces one frustrated student into isolation. What feels like loss and interruption quietly becomes the most creative season of his life. In this episode, Spaced Love explores why distance, silence, and unfilled moments may be essential to real growth—and asks whether our obsession with constant motion is costing us the very love we’re trying to build. Send a text "Remember, you are loved, so go, love better!" 

Spaced Love

<div>The Love Better podcast is designed to help you love the right things in the right ways. Love is central to every relationship (good or bad!), and it is integral to knowing God. Each episode explores practical ways to grow your heart and renew your relationships as Christ intends. We let God define love and use the Bible as our foundation. Let's learn to love like Christ and love for Christ. Remember, you are loved, so go... love better!</div>

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