resurrection, that provides the vitality of the gospel message. Whether it is Paul, John or Peter among the New Testament writers, when they spoke of the love of God they did so in no bland or generalizing way. It was to Jesus that they turned in order to understand God’s love, and in particular to Jesus’ death. Their gospel preaching did not transmit a philosophy, but announced the words and deeds of God in and through the words and deeds of his Son, Jesus. Knowledge given proceeds from knowledge
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