Christians Who Really Do Love Jesus
Saint John, for the God of Love
Recently, while reading an article by Mark Hackett titled The white evangelical elite are saying the quiet part out loud, I came across a phrase that really struck me. The phrase was in the sentence:
So, they are doubling down on the only real strategy they’ve ever had: enforce idolatry to cultural conformity instead of unity in Christ, even if it means crushing Christians who really do love Jesus.
The phrase that I found striking was “Christians who really do love Jesus”.
I consider myself fairly well-read in the genre of Biblical texts, but I never noticed such a focus on love. Then I realized that John is the source of this tradition. John mentions love 57 times in his Gospel, more than the other three Gospels combined. The First Epistle of John uses the word 46 times.
I don’t read John. Those who have been following along as I explain my understanding of the hidden history of Christianity, which I call Chryptianity, will remember that John the Baptist was the son of Simon Magus as was Jesus.
