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December 31, 2017… I have blogged on The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor since then. That’s not that unusual. If a book has good content, it is easy to put my own personal “spin” on what the author writes … Continue reading →

“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect” [Matthew 5:48]. Talk about pressure. That’s pressure. I am going to make some “blanket statements” regarding Matthew 5:48. These kinds of statements always get me in trouble. Notable exceptions to my … Continue reading →

I moved to where I now live twenty-two years ago. It was a big jump. I moved from what I would call a more urban postage stamp yard to two acres in a more rural setting. In my postage stamp … Continue reading →

I love to post every other day or every three days.  The post “Mr. Williamson” should have been on the blog three days ago but it went on the blog in an unusual place.  I am not sure that it … Continue reading →

I have been blogging on Mark Labberton’s book The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor since December 31, 2017 and it has been a challenge. The book constantly challenges Christians to act out our love for others; Jesus speaks so … Continue reading →

“Jesus relentlessly opens the shutters and says, ‘Look again . . . with my heart and mind.’”* “You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and puts … Continue reading →

We all go through difficult times in our lives, times when we struggle to learn new ways, when we realize we have it all wrong, when we have to find a way to adjust our behavior or lose something dear. … Continue reading →

From the beginning of The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor, author Mark Labberton has written about perceiving, naming and now he will address the final step of loving our neighbors: acting. It is the part of life where there … Continue reading →

In The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor, Pastor Mark Labberton devotes many pages to the “neighbors” we could be helping. He cites Scripture after Scripture to support the fact that Christians should devote their efforts to helping those in … Continue reading →

“The lifestyle of waking up to God, to the work of God in the world and living that way—holds out hope that the love and justice of our hearts can come to mirror the love and justice of God’s heart”. … Continue reading →