(First published 1988-1989). The God of love, who is Love, constantly seeks to win people to Himself. He longs to gather them, to speak to them, to give Himself to them. Yet what do those who benefit from His love do? So often they distort it all by repeating an age-old apostasy. They create religious systems. They build institutions and ‘spiritual empires’ which bear His name but are devoid of His love.