With More Love Comes More Hate

Shawn McCraney shares his personal journey, highlighting that as he embraced more loving and inclusive Christian doctrines, emphasizing love over rigid dogma, his reception by some Evangelicals grew increasingly hostile, revealing a paradox where greater love often resulted in greater rejection by religious peers. He illustrates this by reflecting on his transition from criticizing Mormonism to promoting a more loving, comprehensive view of Christianity that challenged traditional beliefs, drawing parallels to the life of Jesus and his experience of being loved by sinners and despised by the religious authorities.

Christians often face rejection and hatred from within their own religious communities as they extend love and forgiveness to all people, similar to how increasing love led to greater hostility towards Jesus. Embrace this path of love and be prepared for potential resistance from your own religious peers.