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# The Love of God - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/the-love-of-god-2/
- Published: 2006-05-16T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-26T17:01:58.000Z
- Description: The cross of Jesus Christ is the manifestation of the love of God to earth. As such, it is the most powerful image of love. It is the substance, the reality. Is it possible to convey the reality of the […]
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson

The cross of Jesus Christ is the manifestation of the love of God to earth. As such, it is the most powerful image of love. It is the substance, the reality.

Is it possible to convey the reality of the love of God through metaphors or images that are not sacrificial? I am at a loss for how to do so without losing a specifically Christian concept of “love.”