{"id":2212,"date":"2012-01-25T08:30:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T08:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2212"},"modified":"2016-01-07T14:12:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:12:05","slug":"man-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-welford\/man-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Love. Love. Love. All you need is love. If that\u2019s the case why is it so hard for Christian men to say they love Jesus? I can understand a certain reticence to be too lovey dovey when trying to talk to non-Christian men about Jesus. I can understand focusing on different aspects of God for that. But Christian men? Christian men are often being told that they have been emasculated, that churches provide mainly for women and I wouldn\u2019t argue with all this at all. But is there a case for <em>reclaiming<\/em> some words rather than trying to say them differently?<\/p>\n<p>It seems to me that the love Jesus displayed was not a frilly, doily type of love but a love that drove Him to the cross. \u201cGreater love has no-one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends\u201d said Jesus, and He should know. Jesus\u2019 love caused Him to tell His friends that they showed little faith, to call one of them satan. His love caused Him to call out hypocrites, to upturn tables, to drive crowds into murderous bloodlust. His love drove Him to complete His mission by being tortured and nailed to a tree. His love was patient but it was also true, it was gentle but it was also fierce.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe if we loved more like Jesus we wouldn\u2019t have to convince people that it\u2019s ok to love and be loved by Him. That\u2019s the kind of love I can sign up to.\u00a0John 15:12 \u2018My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-welford\/man-love\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love. Love. Love. All you need is love. If that\u2019s the case why is it so hard for Christian men to say they love Jesus? I can understand a certain reticence to be too lovey dovey when trying to talk to non-Christian men about Jesus. 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