Love is not a sentiment or feeling. Love is actively willing the good of the other.
Bob Dylan said, "The executioner's face is always well-hidden". That's the problem: The cross pulls that hood off.
A story can sing the truth and not just tell it.
Love without truth devolves into sentimentality. Truth without love becomes cold and calculated.
The slightest cooperation with God's grace can provoke a massive spiritual change.
We need to mock false gods publicly.