You must not do, you must not even try to do, the will of the Father unless you are prepared to 'know of the doctrine'.
And this is the marvel of marvels; that he called me Beloved.
A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.
We have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people.
We read to know we are not alone.
The notion that everyone would like Christianity to be true, and therefore all atheists are brave men who have accepted the defeat of all their deepest desires, is simply impudent nonsense.