Dr Paul Allen

Theologian Jonathan Edwards (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) R.C. Sproul . The unconditional love of God is certainly a pleasing message for people to hear and conforms to a certain kind of political correctness. In our desire to communicate to people the sweetness of the gospel, the readiness of God to cover our sins with forgiveness, and the incredible depth of His love displayed on the cross, we indulge in a hyperbolic expression of the scope and extent of His love. Where in Scripture do we find this notion of the unconditional love of God? If God's love is absolutely unconditional, why do we tell people that they have to repent and have faith in order to be saved? God sets forth clear conditions for a person to be saved. It may be true that in some sense God loves even those who fail to meet the conditions of salvation , but that subtlety is often missed by the hearer when the preacher declares the unconditional love of God. People hear that God will continue to love the

It has become fashionable in evangelical circles to speak somewhat glibly of the unconditional love of God . It is certainly a pleasing message for people to hear and conforms to a certain kind of political correctness.  In the Gay community , where some like, metropolitan Community Church (gay sect) Freedom2b and Tony Ven Brown all claim that God's love is unconditional in that they have stopped their struggle against sexual sin, given in to, and now claim they are free and have peace and are enjoying God's unconditional live. In our desire to communicate the sweetness of the gospel to people and the readiness of God to cover our sins with forgiveness and the incredible depth of His love that is displayed in the cross, we indulge in a hyperbolic expression of the scope and extent of His love. Where in Scripture do we find this notion of the unconditional love of God ?  If God’s love is absolutely unconditional, why do we tell people that they have to repent and h