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Is God's love unconditional?

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It has become fashionable in evangelical circles to speak somewhat glibly of the  unconditional love  of  God . It is certainly a pleasing message for people to hear and conforms to a certain kind of political correctness.  In the  Gay community , where some like,  metropolitan Community Church  (gay sect)  Freedom2b  and  Tony Ven Brown  all claim that  God's love  is unconditional in that they have stopped their struggle against sexual sin, given in to, and now claim they are free and have peace and are enjoying God's unconditional live. In our desire to communicate the sweetness of the gospel to people and the readiness of God to cover our  sins  with forgiveness and the incredible depth of His love that is displayed in the cross, we indulge in a hyperbolic expression of the scope and extent of His love. Where in Scripture do we find this notion of the unconditional  love of God ?  If God’s love is absolutely unconditional, why do we tell people that they have to r