“It is remarkable how little doctrine relates to love.”Dallas Willard once observed that doctrinal statements rarely say anything about love, and that churches have often failed to help people become genuinely loving. His challenge is simple and piercing: "We do not, in any effectual way, make love our aim."

That quote has been echoing in my heart because I believe it names one of the deepest struggles facing the Church today. If Jesus founded His Church on one defining principle, it was love. Everything else we teach, defend, debate, and build should grow from that single root. When love becomes secondary, we may preserve doctrine, but we lose the very thing that gives it life.

In this episode, I ask what it would look like if churches stopped measuring success by being right and instead became known for becoming genuinely loving people. I reflect on my own fifty years in ministry, the wisdom of Dallas Willard, and why I believe the Church's future depends less on refining theological arguments and more on practicing love in tangible, daily ways.

My hope is simple: that we would pause our endless arguments long enough to rediscover the one thing Jesus said everything else hangs upon. If we truly make love our aim, I believe we'll find not only the heart of Christ, but the future of His Church.