Love's Shadow: Why the World Must Hate Christ's Disciples
Maclaren penetrates to the heart of Christian alienation: the world's hatred of believers is not incidental but inevitable. Christ does not warn His disciples of...
This is historical examples on opposition to faith and identification with Christ, drawing on John 15:18-20.
Maclaren penetrates to the heart of Christian alienation: the world's hatred of believers is not incidental but inevitable. Christ does not warn His disciples of persecution as an unfortunate accident; He presents it as the necessary consequence of their union with Him. The logic is inexorable. Love binds the Christian to Christ through the metaphor of Vine and branches—a unity of life itself.…
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