Men must fight monsters, but they must fight them because they love something, not merely because they hate monsters. In other words, men must be bold enough to confront the monsters he encounters out there and humble enough to confront the monsters he encounters within. If he can do that, he can be trusted with a staff; If he cannot, he is in need of a rod.
Hate must be secondary, but it must be. "Hate has no place here" is a surefire way to cater to wolves. Hate must not lead, of course, but it must follow. Hate cannot be the foundation for anything, but it must be built into the structure that goes up. You must hate sin enough to want to change it and love the sinner enough to think them worth changing. You must love the sheep enough to hate what come against them. If you do not hate the wolves, you do not love the sheep.
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