LOVING What does it mean?
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**************PUBLISHER RRP: USA:$9.99 | UK:£8.15 | EU:€9.07 | CANADA:$13.74 | AU:$14.99**************LOVE - what a loaded word!God is love and love created the universe and everything in it, including mankind. So, if love existed before human emotions, feelings, sex and families, then was is love? A maze of contradictions...The Bible says God loved the world so much he put his Son through a horrible death so that we could live. Really? Is that love? How can a loving God kill his own son? How can violence ever show love? Then there is the subject of Hell. How can a loving God create such a horrible place? How can a loving nature condone suffering? If the love of God is filled with such violence, horror and contradiction, then what does God mean when he tells us to love our neighbour? What does God mean by love?Preachers tell us love is about marriage, sex, family and gaining a good reputation in society. But is that true? Jesus didnt sleep around, marry, have a family or spend his time building a good reputation, so, that cant be the right definition of love.The world tells us killing and causing harm is not regarded as loving. And everyone who ever lived agrees that sounds right, but God says he sent his beloved Son to his death to show his love for us, so, that cant be the right definition of love, either! The Bible tells us that Gods love covers a multitude of sins. But if thats true, why does God punish us for our sins? How can Gods love cover us and punish us at the same time?Its all so confusing!So what is love? Is love about smiling sweetly and getting along with people? It is about not rocking the boat, or not being judgmental when bad things happen. Is it about tolerance and self control? This is what the church teaches, and what the world expects from Christians, yet is this the love Christians are supposed to show to the world? It cant be, for Gods own Son didnt do any of those things.Jesus didnt play nice so people would
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