07/12/22 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you” (John 15:18). Jesus’ words to his disciples before his arrest, trial, death, and resurrection, remind us that we shouldn’t expect—no matter how kind, loving, or winsome we might be—for people to love us (or even try to understand us!). The world hates the light of Christ (John 3:19), and so they will hate his people and his Word as well. This hatred has been on full display since the June 24, 2022, decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to
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