Perhaps not surprisingly, Christians who assume that God is preoccupied with sin tend themselves to adopt the same focus. In fact they often seem to think that they honor God by taking sin as seriously as they do. Sometimes they judge other Christians by how seriously they seem to treat sin. Often they become uncomfortable with an emphasis on divine love; they feel an urgent need to balance this by highlighting God’s hatred of sin. Unfortunately, while they may give intellectual assent to God’s love, they often experience very little of it.
