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they tell you God is love like that settles everything. like you can F up forever and call it grace. like the drunk can stay drunk the liar can keep lying and God’s just fine with it because ‘He loves you as you are.’ but here’s what they don’t say: modern church turned love into permission. ‘God loves you just as you are’ sounds beautiful until you realize they mean He loves you too much to ask you to change. that’s not love. that’s a bartender who keeps pouring while you bleed out on the floor. nobody’s getting sober that way. nobody’s getting free. your pastor calls it grace. I would call it a con. Jesus told the woman caught in adultery ‘Neither do I condemn you.’ (John 8:11) beautiful, right? the church stops reading there. but He didn’t stop talking: ‘Go and sin no more.’ not ‘find community that affirms you.’ not ‘God made you this way.’ not ‘your truth is valid.’ Go. And. Sin. No. More. that’s love. the kind that doesn’t let you bleed out while calling it acceptance. the kind that names the knife and tells you to drop it. you think God hates sinners? He sent His Son to die for them. but here’s what your pastor won’t tell you: repentance isn’t optional. it’s the entry fee. ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ (Matthew 3:2) not ‘celebrate your identity.’ not ‘God accepts you exactly as you are.’ Repent. Turn around. Die to what’s killing you. ‘If you love me, keep my commandments.’ (John 14:15) not suggestions. not guidelines for optimal living. commandments. or don’t. but stop calling rebellion ‘love.’ stop calling bondage ‘freedom.’ the drunk doesn’t need you to say drinking’s fine in moderation. the liar doesn’t need permission to call deception ‘authenticity.’ the sexually broken don’t need you to celebrate what’s destroying them. they need someone to say: you’re dying. and the thing killing you has a name. God loves you enough to name it. enough to tell you to stop. enough to die so you could be free from it. most Christians love you too little to ruin your comfort. they’ll watch you drown and call it grace. God loves sinners. That’s why He tells them to repent. Modern Christianity loves comfort. That’s why it tells them they’re fine. Choose which love you want. Follow @SlayStupidity for uncomfortable truth. Not therapy. Warfare. —TBM