The Marriage of Truth and Love: A Meditation on 2 John
A theological meditation on 2 John exploring the inseparability of truth and love. Examines how the Elder holds together doctrinal clarity (warning against those who deny Christ coming in flesh) with deep affection for the community. Truth is not opposed to love but is the path love walks.
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Truth and love. We speak them as if they were opposites. As if one must choose. Hard truth or soft love. Doctrine or relationship. Being right or being kind. The Elder—John, the last living witness, ancient now and writing from Ephesus—knows no such division. "The elder, to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth—because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever."…
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