{"id":654,"date":"2013-01-30T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.225.232.228\/us\/store\/uncategorized\/christian-love\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:08:12","slug":"christian-love","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/banneroftruth.org\/uk\/store\/christian-living\/christian-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Book Description<\/h2>\n<p>In this <em>Treatise of Christian Love<\/em>, the Scottish Covenanting minister Hugh Binning movingly presents the need for Christians to show by their love for one another that they belong to Christ. Basing his remarks on John 13:35,<em> By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one<\/em> <em>to another<\/em>, he argues, &#8216;This badge that Christ left to his disciples: if we cast this away on every disagreement, we disown our Master, and disclaim his token and badge.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Binning describes the excellence of Christian love, demonstrating its nature from 1 Corinthians 13. He gives strong reasons why Christians should love one another, and shows that love is rooted in Christian humility and meekness, after the pattern of Christ himself.<\/p>\n<p>Also included in this edition are three sermons from Binning&#8217;s work <em>The Sinner&#8217;s Sanctuary<\/em>, an exposition of Romans 8:1-15.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toctoggle\">Table of Contents <a class=\"button\" href=\"#toc\">Expand \u2193<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"toc\" class=\"table-of-contents\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Biographical Note<\/td>\n<td>vi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>A Treatise of Christian Love<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Love and Self-Love<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>The Excellence of Christian Love<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Motives to Christian Love<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Christian Love in Practice<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Humility and Meekness<\/td>\n<td>61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>The Sinner\u2019s Sanctuary<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Sermon 37<\/td>\n<td>81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Sermon 39<\/td>\n<td>89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Sermon 40<\/td>\n<td>98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/christianbooknotes.com\/2013\/christian-love-by-hugh-binning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review by Terry Delaney<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About the author<\/h2>\n<p>Hugh Binning (1627\u201353) was born in Dalvennan, Ayrshire, the son of a wealthy landowner. As a young boy he showed a strong aptitude for learning &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/banneroftruth.org\/uk\/about\/banner-authors\/hugh-binning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Covenanting minister Hugh Binning shows how Christians should love one another (John 13:35) and describes the excellence of Christian love from 1 Corinthians 13. 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