Love that motivates (1 John 5:1-6)

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I love the social action of my church. I grew up singing, “They will know we are Christians by our love, by our love, yes, they’ll knoooow we are Christians by our love.” There was, to my knowledge, no one but Christians where I grew up, so it was a bit of a non sequitur. But we sang it proudly at camp, at youth group, in girls’ groups.