[TruthTalk] More wisdom from Dallas Willard

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“The bane of the more liberal branches of Christian theology today is that they are unable to present a God who could actually be loved.  They say a great deal about love—especially in connection with things such as community and respect and liberation—but what comes out in the end is something very like the words of the song, “Falling in Love with Love.”               What is to be loved is love itself, very often identified with nothing more than a certain sense of community. And then perhaps some words about God being love are tacked on. But what is actually conveyed is that love is ultimate. That says something quite different, however, from the N.T. revelation of God in Jesus, which made it clear that the love of God is like no love known among humanity.               Basically, modern attempts to think about God independently of historical revelation have been thoroughly victimized by currents of 19th and 20th century philosophy that simply make knowledge of God—and maybe everything else—an impossibility. Indeed, something laughable. This forces one to handle the texts and traditions of Jesus in such a way that he can never bring us to a personal God whom we can love with all our being. “   Dallas Willard~The Divine Conspiracy