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When one is discussing a book with the title The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor, it goes without saying that the book is probably going to deal with people who are downtrodden, people who have serious needs. How do … Continue reading →

So far, Mark Labberton’s book has declared that the heart is central to a Christian life. If a person is to change and help another [a neighbor], it will require a change of heart for most of us. Social influences … Continue reading →

It is such a cliché. It is a new year and in a new year, people resolve to make changes. I hate to admit this, but maybe I have fallen prey to this type of thinking. Yesterday I set a … Continue reading →

The ordinary heart. Pastor Mark Labberton’s book The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor says the ordinary heart gets in the way of loving our neighbors, seeing our neighbors through the eyes of Jesus. The ordinary heart that we all … Continue reading →

Good authors want to start their books with a bang, not a whimper. It is what authors do to catch the reader’s attention. Mark Labberton does just that. He starts with a story of Doris, an eighty-something grandmother who is … Continue reading →

John Carter Allen passed away on December 2, 2017. John did not feel well these last few years. He had several serious health problems and toward the end of his life, his slow movements became even slower. John was what … Continue reading →

It was many years ago and as we all know the memory plays tricks on us. But here is how I remember it: I was in my college library. I used to get out of the office from time to … Continue reading →

The premise of our new book [The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor by Mark Labberton] is that no matter who is in need, if we perceive the need and we can meet it, we should do so. We should … Continue reading →

It is hard to explain, you know those blessings that come from unusual places. After discussing ten books and posting 667 times, I have to admit that blogging on Christian literature has been a big blessing. John Bevere’s book Good … Continue reading →

In the previous post I joked around with the “out of sync” Judas Iscariot. For a person like that, we may want to put some distance between them and us. I was joking about Jerry Springer and the idea that … Continue reading →