Love Your Neighbor? Not That!

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Love your neighbor? Even the weird one?

 

This election cycle is driving me crazy but not just because of the politics.

I’m tired of hateful speech – especially from Christians.

Why are we so angry with lost people for being lost? And why do we yell at them instead of quietly, lovingly showing them a better way? Can people only be saved if we have a certain kind of legislation and certain court decisions? Is the gospel so fragile that it can be thwarted by a political agenda we don’t agree with? Is God really so weak He needs us to bolster Him with our politics? Or is all of this a sideshow, meant to distract us from our real mission?  Continue reading