Love Your Neighbor! How?

Love Your Neighbor! How? – “The basic idea is that Christians should be leading the way in expressing kindness as it has been defined.  But how is the world’s track record at defining what is right or wrong?”

Kindness in a World Gone Mad

Kindness in a World Gone Mad – “Christian kindness is no common courtesy or virtue in a vacuum, but a surprising response to mistreatment and hurt. It is not random or free, but a costly, counterintuitive response to meanness, to outrage, rather than responding in kind.”

 

Kindness

Kindness – “If we want a kinder world, we can’t wait for everyone else to make the first move.”

Blindness to Kindness

Blindness to Kindness – “The world and even thousands of Christians give no praise and thanks to God for millions of daily, life-sustaining providences because they do not see the world as the theater of God’s wonders.”

Do You Have Enough Faith to Be Kind?

Do You Have Enough Faith to Be Kind? – “When we fail to be kind to brothers and sisters in Christ, we are failing to trust God in some way, perhaps his power to change hearts or the sufficiency of his Word.”

Fragile

Fragile – Perhaps it is a small act of carelessness or even cruelty. People are already edgy, if not right on the edge. An unkind word, a thoughtless act, a dismissive interaction, and over the edge we go.”

The Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness

The Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness – “Kindness is easily pondered, but not so easily carried out. We live in an age of velliety, where simply publishing our desires for kumbaya and world peace are lauded as good deeds, and nice intentions are stated as if they are triumphs.”

More “Us-ies” in a World of Selfies

More “Us-ies” in a World of Selfies – The title of the article says it all.

Note the Kindness of God

Note the Kindness of God – “I have been hearing myself say, ‘God was very kind to me when He yada, yada, yada,’ or ‘God was so kind to give me X, Y, Z. . .’ Those are true statements, but even more accurate is the fact that God is kind to me all the time–its just that sometimes He gives me eyes to see His hand which is always at work for my good and His glory.”

Empathy Requires Humility

Empathy Requires Humility – “Genuine empathy requires humility. But humility is developed by suffering. In this way, God equips us to be more authentic ministers of the grace of comfort.”

Will You Remember to be Kind?

Will You Remember to be Kind? – “Is someone sick, lonely, bereft, unemployed, swindled, injured or depressed? Is anyone undergoing long-term physical therapy, speech therapy or short-term gruelling chemotherapy? Whatever lengths the summons of kindness calls you to go, you do want to go there as quickly as you can and help that downtrodden impoverished man!”