Walking in love means giving the other person what he or she needs the most when it is least deserved, because that's exactly how God has treated you.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. —JOHN 15:11

He stared at her for a long moment. I would feel terrible if something ever happened to you. You are becoming important to me.

It is not on our forgiveness anymore than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself.

And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His (Jesus). When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself.

two major causes of most emotional problems among evangelical Christians are these: the failure to understand, receive, and live out God's unconditional grace and forgiveness; and the failure to give out that unconditional love, forgiveness, and grace to other people. . . . We read, we hear, we believe a good theology of grace. But that's not the way we live. The good news of the Gospel of grace has not penetrated the level of our emotions.

How can Christians dispense grace in a society that seems to be veering away from God?

In sum, I would far rather convey grace than explain it.

It makes all the difference in the world whether I view my neighbor as a potential convert or as someone whom God already loves.

what about grace? How rare to find a church competing to "out-grace" its rivals.

We are wired to be caring for the other and generous to one another. We shrivel when we are not able to interact. I mean that is part of the reason why solitary confinement is such a horrendous punishment. We depend on the other in order for us to be fully who we are. (...) The concept of Ubuntu says: A person is a person through other persons.