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The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor

Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus

by Mark Labberton

The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor
Ebook
  • Length: 236 pages
  • Published: October 18, 2010
  • Imprint: IVP
  • ISBN: 9780830868230
  • 2011 Christianity Today Book Award winner

Jesus didn't see a sick woman, he saw a daughter of God. He didn't see an outcast from society, he saw a child of Israel. He didn't see a sinner, he saw a person in the image of the Creator.

Are we able to see others with the eyes of Jesus?

Seeing rightly is the beginning of renewal, forgiveness, healing and grace. Seeing rightly, says Mark Labberton, is the beginning of how our hearts are changed. Through careful self-examination in the Spirit, we begin to bear the fruit of love toward others that can make a difference. Here is a chance to reflect on why our ordinary hearts can be complacent about the evils in the world and how we can begin to see the world like Jesus.

With each chapter broken into brief segments punctuated by questions, this book is ideal for both personal reflection and group discussion.

See what happens when you take a chance on the dangerous act of loving your neighbor. Your vision might just be changed forever.

REVIEWS

"The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor asks important questions, deeper questions we may not have thought to ask yet in our pursuit of justice, and ones that will take a lifetime to answer. We say we want justice, but our self-centric hearts betray us. So how do we override our hearts? This book opened my eyes to the difference between doing something and becoming someone--a person of justice, reoriented to the heart of Jesus."Sara Groves, singer/songwriter
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CONTENTS

Introduction: The Injustice of the Heart
Part I: Discovering Where We Live
1 Our Address
2 Paying Attention to Paying Attention
Sabbath Encouragement
Part II: Seeing
3 The Problem of Misperceiving
4 Learning to See
5 Self-Seeing
6 The Crux
Sabbath Encouragement
Part III: Naming
7 Choosing Names
8 A New Name
9 Social Naming
10 Distorted Names
11 Changing Names
Sabbath Encouragement
Part IV:Acting
12 Free To Act
13 Suffering
14 Practicing Dignity
15 The Act of Worship
Sabbath Encouragement
Conclusion: Just Hope
Group Discussion Guide
Acknowledgments

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ABOUT Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton is the former president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He previously served as Lloyd John Ogilvie chair for preaching and director of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute for Preaching. Prior to that, Labbertonwas senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California. He has also served as chair of John Stott Ministries. Today he continues to contribute to the mission of the global church as a senior fellow of the International Justice Mission. He is the author of The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor and The Dangerous Act of Worship.

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