Larry Kreider - The 3 Loves: The 3 Passions at the Heart of Christianity

In The 3 Loves, you will discover the essence of the gospel and be inspired to love God, others and unbelievers in a whole new dimension. The greatest lesson you will learn is how to love, and this book will challenge and equip you to do exactly that.

Senior Pastor, HRock Church, Pasadena, California

President, Harvest International Ministry

Larry Kreider and Jimmy Seibert are two of my Christian heroes. Both of them inspire me by their sincere love for Jesus and astounding ministerial fruit. In The 3 Loves, you will discover the passion that motivates and propels them forward: love for Jesus, love for others, and love for those without Christ.

Founder, Joel Comiskey Group ( www.joelcomiskeygroup.com )

As the kingdom of God increases on the earth, it does so through sons of the kingdom who are extravagant lovers. The apostle John points out that vertical love is not enough; it must also be expressed horizontally. This book will emphasize to you that the simple truth that threefold love is not just a preference but also a must if we are going to live our lives as sons of the King. For the Church to fulfill her destiny, she must be an oasis of love in a hurting world.

Apostolic Team Leader, Church of the Nations

The growing number of books addressing the stuff and substance of deepening, committed and solid discipling is a joy to observe. The winds of world-mindedness will only be kept blown out of the Body of Christ as Gods Spirit gives rise to leaders like Larry Kreider and Jimmy Seibert, who bring this book and its message to us so effectively.

Chancellor, The Kings University

Founder, The Church On The Way, Los Angeles, California

We could subtitle this book Showing the Kingdom. Here is a great and simple book that would be a wonderful gift for the young adult generation that has left the Church in droves and for those within who need their passion rekindled. Buy a few dozen and give them out!

Director, Tikkun International

Those with the deepest walk with God and the greatest impact on people have mastered the secret of simplicity. God-like simplicity is not simplisticit is profoundly deep, but in the things that matter to God. Larry Kreider and Jimmy Seibert share how God took them to that place, and they inspire you to go there as well.

Founder, All Nations ( www.floydandsally.org )

For too long, the western Church has struggled mightily to teach and preach the gospel in all its complexityanalytically, logically and apologetically. Here it is in its simplicity and power! This book is practical, clear and transformative. Revival is coming to a dry and thirsty land!

President, Eastern Mennonite Missions

The 3 Loves is a must-read for anyone who has grown tired of just going through the motions at church. In a time when the Christian faith has been reduced to little more than an hour on Sunday morning and some rules that we struggle to follow, Kreider and Seibert remind us what being a disciple of Christ is all about: intimacy with Jesus, living in community with fellow believers, and a having a heart that aches for the lost. Thank you, Larry and Jimmy, for making the first-century church alive to us again today.

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University

Author, The Biology of Sin: Grace, Hope and Healing for Those Who Feel Trapped

People want to know two basic answers to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission of Jesus Christ: (1) Where am I in being a disciple? and (2) Where am I in making disciples? Larry Kreider and Jimmy Seibert give us the time-tested path to answer those questions with confidence and competence. This book is a restoration of what will always be a light unto our path. You will be disarmed by its simplicity while armed by its seriousness for twenty-first-century spiritual vitality.

Professor, Regent University

With kindred spirit and passion, Larry Kreider and Jimmy Seibert combine their stories of love for God, others and the waiting world. By their transparency and authenticity, they convincingly incite us to invest our hearts in these loves with many practical illustrations and tools, including a study guide for small groups.

Founder, Teaching The Word Ministries

Author, Healthy Leaders

2010 Larry Kreider and Jimmy Seibert

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Chosen edition published 2014

ISBN 978-1-4412-6843-3

Previously published by Regal Books

Ebook edition originally created 2011

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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WEBScripture taken from The World English Bible. WeymouthScripture taken from the Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, 1913.

DEDICATION

We dedicate this book to the hundreds of faithful
believers in Christ we have been privileged to work with
who love Jesus, love His people, and love those who do not
yet know Him, and whose faithfulness has changed
our lives and changed the world.

A very special thanks to Karen Ruiz, our editor and writing assistant, who did a superb job gathering, writing and organizing the material for this book. Also, thanks to Mary Greenwald and Drew Steadman for their valuable assistance.