Tell me if this sounds right: "For God so tolerated the world that He gave His only son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." Could such a life-altering gift be offered to beings so lowly in comparison to this almighty God as a result of His mere tolerance for humanity? I bring this comparison forward to counter the world's cry for tolerance with a higher and more meaningful call. Of course the displaced word from the scripture reference above is love; this is the standard to which we are called. What a simple, foundational truth that is so often left behind by so many well-meaning but ineffective Christians. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 clearly defines the results of loveless living. "If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith, so as to move mountains, but have not love, I a