Tuesday, May 17

True love in the flesh

Christ defines true love. If Christ has not come in the flesh, if he walks two feet above the dirt and sin of life, then his love also operates two feet above the rest of humanity. In the end, to deny Jesus has come in the flesh is to defeat true love — loving one another and even one’s enemies as Christ has loved us.

— Alfred Poirier
The Peacemaking Pastor
(Grand Rapids, Mi.: Baker Books, 2006), 23