How to See Others for Who They Truly Are

In what I find to be the most challenging yet most essential teaching in the Bible, Jesus tells his disciples:

“Love one another as I have loved you.”

Don’t be confused. There is a big difference between loving someone and being nice to someone. Anyone can force himself to be nice to others–even to the people he hates. Jesus says, however, we must “love one another.”

Not grudgingly.

Not because we have to or because we’re afraid God will punish us. Christian love is not just about outward act...