The Honor Imperative: What it Takes to Love as God Intended

"I am confident that this book will empower many to live a bigger, more expansive and influential life.” —Bobbie Houston, Founding Pastor of Hillsong ChurchAre you missing out on the love God made you for?Jesus told his followers that we would be known by our love, but is that what the body of Christ is reflecting—or have we settled for a counterfeit?In a world saturated with division, suspicion, and performative kindness, many of us relate to the gap between the love we are called to and what we experience. Perhaps it’s because we have missed that there is a God-defined standard for love: “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” (1 John 3:18)What is “in truth” love and how can we know if we are settling for something less?This question served as a prophetic nudge from God that led the author to a crucial revelation: Honor is the essential attribute and reliable metric of love as God intended it—and His kids are starved for it. What began as a cry of frustration became a passionate pursuit for every son and daughter of God to encounter real love, rooted in truth and authenticated by honor.That’s the invitation of The Honor Imperative: to reestablish the connection between love, truth, and honor and recover what we’ve lost. With bold honesty and biblical depth, Erin C. Stone invites readers on a three-part journey to rediscover, reclaim, and multiply honor as the definitive mark of love as God intended.Accolades for The Honor Imperative“Honor for me personally is simplistic—it’s the ability and experience of seeing ‘value’ within others. Godly understanding, knowledge, and wisdom enable discernment of both origin and process when it comes to human behavior, which in turn opens wider the doors of respect, tolerance, embrace, and belief. Erin Stone’s devotion to this subject of honor will help you journey deeper into the biblical and natural truths that frame and dictate human behavior. I am confident that this book will empower many to live a bigger, more expansive and influential life.” —Bobbie Houston, Founding Pastor of Hillsong Church“Honor is the operating system of the Kingdom of God. Our ability to receive from God—and from one another—depends on a healthy understanding of it. That’s why it’s no surprise there has been so much confusion, neglect, distortion, and even abuse surrounding the topic. We’re grateful for Erin Stone—not only for bringing a fresh theological revelation of honor, but for living the message so powerfully before ever sharing it with the world. This book will reframe a foundational truth and bless your life in a profound way.” —Pastors Mark and Rachelle Francey, Founding Pastors of Oceans Church Read more