If you've missed it, you've got to go back. If I speak with the tongues of mortals and of angels but have not love, I am a noisy gong or clanging cymbal. It's not about whether our theology is correct or whether our doctrine is pure. It's not even about the United Methodist Discipline. It's about whether the love of God burns hot in your breast.
Love is greater than hope.
Love is even greater than faith, says Paul. Love is greater than faith. That's what it's all about, Alfie. Jesus was love incarnate. The love of God that had previously been expressed in word, finally made flesh.