Love of God, love of neighbour, and love of the stranger—this is the radical, merciful view of love that the Torah presents, as Os points out in his message for the Convocation ceremonies at Liberty University. The Hebrew tradition offers an expansive understanding of love through every ‘season’ of life, marked by passion in Song of Songs, faithfulness in Ruth, and joy in Ecclesiastes. Love is the emotional energy that God has put in our hearts to redeem us from egotism, as we meet the other. It’s this higher view of love that Os challenges his hearers both to guard and to champion in a turbulent world.
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