tolerance

We hear a great deal today about tolerance, acceptance, and simply loving people as they are.

And certainly Christians should never be harsh, self-righteous, or unnecessarily argumentative.

But does love always mean acceptance?

What if someone we care about is heading in a direction that Scripture says is sinful or spiritually dangerous?

Would it really be loving to remain silent?

And what should we do when speaking biblical truth brings the accusation:

“You just need to be more like Jesus and love people”?

Could they be right?

Or could our culture’s definition of love be very different from God’s?

Second John repeatedly connects two things our world often tries to separate:

truth and love.

So perhaps the real question isn’t whether we should choose truth or love.

Perhaps it’s whether we truly understand either one.

We’ll also look at the danger of false teaching, how believers should respond when correction is necessary, and why speaking truth without humility can become just as wrong as refusing to speak at all.