I am continuing to work through DA Carson's gem of a book, "The Farewell Discourse and Final Prayer of Jesus." His focus is on John, chapters 14-17 and in chapter 15, Jesus spends some time talking with His disciples about the opposition they will receive from an unbelieving world. Carson goes on to make this observation:
Nowhere is the world's hatred more clearly set forth than in those many people who judge themselves to be "liberal" but who are most illiberal when it comes to Christian absolutes. Them demonstrate their forbearance and large-hearted goodness when they confront diverse opinions, varied lifestyles, and even idiotic practices. But if some Christian claims that Christianity is exclusive (as Jesus insisted), or that moral absolutes exist because they are grounded in the character of God (as the Bible teaches), or that there is a hell to be shunned as well as a heaven to be gained, the most intemperate language is used to excoriate the poor fool. The world hates.
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