What worldview, apart from Christianity, can coherently account for, explain and oblige hatred for sin and love for a sinner? Answer: not one. This cliche has been the standard response of the church to issues such as gay marriage. It attempts to articulate that while the church opposes sinful actions that does not mean we oppose people in the same way. Its significance is not that it sounds reasonable, but that it is possible at all. How could it be that the sin of a person can been opposed, hated even, yet the person can be deeply loved at the same time by the same person? It is possible because…
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TomKat and Perfect Love
Another Hollywood marriage came to an end this week. Even though most Hollywood marriages struggle to make it to five years it is always a bit of a shock when another couple announce the reality of their unhappiness together. It all looked so perfect. And perhaps therein lies the problem – perfection and the lack of it. It is possible that, before tying the knot, Tom sat down with Katie and said something like, “Katie, I’m not perfect; I’m going to make mistakes, but I will always love you.” This sounds reasonable. Most people don’t think their partners are perfect; they know that they will not love perfectly. Yet people get married…