The expression of love is the most powerful answer to most relationship problems that arise in a church. If it is clear to all that the shepherd and teacher strives to love everyone equally, and endeavors to have no particular friends but rather to be everyone’s friend, then people will willingly accept him as a mediator or a calming influence when human relationships are under stress. A church can never have too great an experience of God’s love, and the shepherd and teacher must be at the forefront of its expression.
