Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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"The King of Love My Shepherd Is"
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"The King of Love My Shepherd Is"

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Mar 28, 2023
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“God is love,” says Saint John, and if you were an ancient Stoic reading that, you’d furrow your brows and wonder whether the Christians had gone mad. For the divine must be beyond such a problematic thing as love, with all its passion and confusion. Now, Christians also believe that God does not suffer, but the Scriptures are really consistent when t…

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