This recently came across my path, one of many “don’t advocate for truth if it might hurt someone’s feelings” posts from one of the less credible pop-Christian voices of the past century:
(source: Someone on Facebook)
My comment:
neo-Gnostic nonsense, cleverly mediated by supplemental adverbs.
If you cannot clearly teach and advocate, in private and in public, while also loving those you encounter and building and sharing with whoever will let you, then you should probably avoid emoting in public, too.
There are plenty of people who will tell you how warm and sticky a Nerf Jesus who does not discredit your delusions can be–from Madeleine L’Engle to Shelby Spong to Joel Osteen and back again–and Jesus would not have met their high standards for fecklessness. He made a difference; He made people angry; He loved them to death; He died for His love; He wept when they chose hatred and damnation instead.
Do not try to make of that terrible Love a soppy plaything for popular sentimentality. Do not dare to do that.
(source: Catholic Memes on Facebook)