I don't have to earn his affection.

He predetermined to love me.

He initiated this kind of intimate love with me.

That transcendent, God, really does adore the likes of me.

What, hallelujah, what a Savior.

What a glorious gospel.

The story is bigger. It's a bigger, better story.

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Hey, hey, backporters. My name is Allison Allen. I'm the 5'12 spiritual wingwoman to Lisa Harper for Backport's Theology. And as always, we are so glad that you are here. And that so many of you have been joining us on this hike through God's word, no wasted words. And so we're just excited. However you come today, you come come exhausted. Maybe you come feeling like a cheerleader.

However you come, you're welcome on the porch. Today we got a doozy, Lisa. You look beautiful. Before we go any further, I've just been watching you, going, goodness gracious, you look like Psalm 34-5. Oh. You know that radiant is the face of those, but you have a shiny face today. Well, thank you. It's not like you need to mat.

Yeah, I was going to say, do I need a little...

It's shiny in like a spiritual way.

No, you need to mat.

Yeah, I was going to say, do I need a little mac powder. No, you just look radiant.

Well, I've got a little bronzer. You know, I'm, I'm a person of the indoors, so I don't tan very well. And so I always need a little bronzer. So we did a little extra bronzer today. So maybe that's the glow.

Your bronzer is working today.

You look beautiful.

We're coming to a doozy, my friend, this book, Song of Songs.

And I know where I want to go today and you know where you want to go today. But one of the things I'm not sure that you know is that the very first time I ever saw you teach live was this book, The Song of Songs. Really?

Yeah, and I remember coming into church.

My mother had passed away sort of recently, 2005, and I want to say it was 2006 or somewhere

in that range, and I was still in deep, deep grief.

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