"Surely God's love isn't that difficult?"

Well, Carson gives what he feels are at least 5 reasons for difficulty in understanding the love of God:

1. We no longer have a prevalent Biblical framework with which to understand the love of God

2. Culture won't retain the Biblical framework, it purges any uncomfortable characteristics of God for a sanitised, pop understanding of His love.

3. Postmodernism and it's inherent pluralistic view of the world doesn't allow for an expression of this Biblical framework.

4. We can no longer grapple with how God's love and God's justice are related, and in rejecting the biblical understanding resort to a reductionistic view of the love of God.

5. God's love is often depicted as easy and obvious, by overlooking some of the distinctions the Bible makes in it's own depiction of the love of God.

All of these reasons resonated with me.

Carson only expressed 5, he implied there were more. In the ten years since this publication, I wonder, have any others become obvious?