Here’s another excerpt from Only One Way that I thought was worth passing along (you should read the book though).
“Without the love of God, inevitably we become harsh, judgmental, and legalistic in our defense of the truth; without the truth of God our love becomes an excuse for theological compromise. Sadly, this is what we usually see in the church: truth without love, or love without truth. But on those rare occasions when we do find love and truth together we know that this can only be a gracious work of the one true God, who will use the union of love and truth to save dying sinners. The best apologetic for the absolute truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ is a community that lives by his love.”
Phillip G. Ryken, “One Truth” in Only One Way (Wheaton: Crossway, 2007), 106-07.