In the great philosophy of our time — the Peanuts comic trip — Lucy tells Linus that he can’t be a doctor because he doesn’t love mankind. “I love mankind,” Linus objects, “it’s people I can’t stand.” In John 3:16 (recognized by anyone who has seen a sporting event on TV in the past twenty years) we learn that “God so loved the world.” Of course since our God operates in a both/end kind of way we don’t have to discern if God loves “the world” or the people in the world. Both, of course. But that serves as a reminder to us not to treat as abstract that which is concrete. We have to love not humanity in some vague way but John, Marie, Tayquan, Aisha, etc.
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By Church Staff
