“God’s love is very specific… God’s universal love and [God’s] great mercy for the world are ultimately known and revealed in the particularity of human beings loving each other as [siblings].”
-Charles E. Moore, from “Next Door” in Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People, p. 292-293
Gordon Cosby preached that it was easier to love people in general than it was to love people with their particular personalities, habits, etc. It was one reason for the importance of mission groups at Church of the Savior.