How to Live Out Discernment and Truth in Love—Without Division

Balancing Courage and Compassion: How to Stand Firm in Truth Without Losing Love or Unity

After uncovering the deceptive spirits complicating the Gospel and unmasking the hidden threats infiltrating the Church, in our last article (Unmasking the Hidden Threats to the Simplicity of Christ) it’s time to address the final and perhaps most challenging part: How do we walk out discernment and truth in everyday life and conversations without falling into division or harshness? How do we stand firm without becoming hard-hearted?

Truth and Love Must Walk Together

Paul said, "Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ" Ephesians 4:15. Truth without love becomes a weapon; love without truth becomes compromise. To be mature in Christ is to hold both tightly—never letting go of truth, but never forgetting the