When Is Love Evil?

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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What ONE insight will either make or break your life as a Christian, or even as a non-Christian? If followed, it will help your marriage, parenting, business, job, friendships, politics, and most importantly, your eternity and your relationship with Jesus.Spurred by recent political and cultural events surrounding President Trump's first 100 days in office and comments made by Vice President J.D. Vance during a recent interview about protecting the interest of American citizens, Frank reminds listeners of the doctrine of "Ordered Loves". Originally articulated by Augustine over 1,600 years ago, this classic school of thought seems to be totally lost among our culture today. Tune in as Frank answers questions like:* What is the Doctrine of "Ordered Loves", why is it so important, and how does it affect every single area of your life?* What are the negative consequences when we get the order wrong?* What did Jesus have to say about getting our priorities in the right order?* What did Dr. Erwin Lutzer mean when he said "love can be evil"?* Why did Vice President J. D. Vance recently cause a stir during an interview and what did Pope Leo XIV have to say about it?* Why do so many people (including some who claim to be Christians) reject the idea of hierarchies and an ordered world?* What's the difference between true and false compassion?* Is character in politics only about personality?* What are 15 things that the Trump Administration has done policy-wise during the first 100+ days in office that all Christians should support?* What is the primary purpose of government?* Is idolizing politics really a problem among conservative Christians?In his article, 'Why Progressive Christians Reject the Doctrine of "Ordered Loves"', Michael Clary writes, "Whether we like it or not, God’s world is ordered and hierarchical. We can embrace it and enjoy the blessings of living according to God’s design, or we can reject it and live a life of bitterness, like so many progressives." The choice is yours!Resources mentioned during the episode:Toxic Empathy by Allie Beth Stuckey - https://www.toxicempathy.com/ (https://www.toxicempathy.com/)Why Progressive Christians Reject the Doctrine of "Ordered Loves" - https://bit.ly/3GQJeBz (https://bit.ly/3GQJeBz)When Jesus Insulted People: A Comprehensive List - https://bit.ly/41eLolc (https://bit.ly/41eLolc)Resurge Podcast: Four Megachurch Pastors Debrief White House Visit - https://youtu.be/BXX4L1c4S3g (https://youtu.be/BXX4L1c4S3g) How The After Party Curriculum Is Sowing Political Confusion in the Church - https://bit.ly/3BevfTt (https://bit.ly/3BevfTt)

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, this one insight we will talk about today will either make or break your life as a Christian or even as a non-Christian.
0:14.0	If followed, this insight will help your marriage.
0:19.0	It'll help your parenting.
0:20.0	It'll help your business, your job, your friendships, your politics, your voting,
0:25.7	and most importantly, your eternity and your relationship with Jesus.
0:31.3	And what I'm going to talk about, I think, has been lost largely in our culture and lost even among Christians.
0:39.3	And that is how to prioritize your loves.
0:44.2	Your loves.
0:45.0	Yes, how do you prioritize your loves?
0:47.3	Because you don't love everything equally.
0:50.2	And you shouldn't love everything equally, contrary to popular opinion.
0:56.0	And it's about getting your priorities right in every area of your life.
1:01.3	And if you don't think there are priorities, if you don't think there are greater obligations
1:05.5	and lesser obligations and greater sins and lesser sins and greater loves and lesser loves you haven't been
1:13.1	reading the Bible. And you haven't even been reading church history or what some of the
1:19.5	greatest minds in church history have said. Let's go to the greatest mind and that's Jesus himself.
1:25.4	You know, Jesus, I'm not going to go through all the passages, but I'll use some phraseology that Jesus used, and you'll know what I'm talking about.
1:32.3	We don't have time to go through all these passages. There's so many of them.
1:35.2	But Jesus talked about the greatest commandment. This is Matthew 2237. You know, what's the
1:40.4	greatest commandment? Love your, Lord, your all your heart, soul, strength, and mind, and then love your neighbor as yourself. He talked about greater love.
1:48.4	He talked about greater sins. He talked about greater judgment. He also pointed out that
1:54.5	that greater knowledge will bring greater punishment to whom much is given, much will be required.
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