Not exact matches
I see no brotherly
love, I see no action
toward your
neighbor as you would wish done unto you.
Because all people do not respond to the preaching of the gospel and its concomitant call to discipleship, however, the gospel itself demands that Christians both encourage society to» «make serious and positive use of the social theories» of Jesus Christ and the Scriptures,» and help society to heal social injustices by
loving our
neighbors as ourselves.21
Toward this end, the church must first of all proclaim to the world the Bible's perfect rule not only for faith but also for practice.
It is about our learning to be approached by our Victim, who is forgiving us, moving
toward us, nudging us out of our excitements and false identities into the quiet, gentle bliss of recognizing ourselves
as loved and of
loving our
neighbors as ourselves.
But theology is differentiated from other kinds of intellectual activity by being the reflection that goes on in the Church; it is therefore the kind of thinking that is directed
toward God and man - before - God
as its objects and which is guided by the
love of God and
neighbor.