Must I Embrace all that I Love?

Is loving something possible without embracing it?

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Love and inclusion are not synonymous. Jesus told us to love our enemies in Matthew 5:43–44. This, however, did not go so far as to tell us to include them in our dinner plans. He sent people into a sinful world to lovingly spread the Gospel message of forgiveness but did not tell them to include themselves in its sinful…