Reforming Mercy Ministry
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Reforming Mercy Ministry

A Practical Guide to Loving Your Neighbor

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eBook - ePub

Reforming Mercy Ministry

A Practical Guide to Loving Your Neighbor

About this book

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind and all your strength." This, Jesus tells us, is the greatest commandment. Implicit in it is the message that propels us out to the ends of the earth, news as simple as it is good: God so loves the world that he gave his only Son as a sacrifice for our sins, and he invites us into a saving relationship with him."The second commandment," Jesus goes on, "is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself." If the first commandment is simple, the second one gets a little tricky. Sometimes it seems like we're loving our neighbor in our random acts of kindness, but in reality we're making things worse for them. And sometimes we lose sight of what's distinctly Christian about our ministries of mercy; our acts of love move our neighbors no closer to the loving God who calls them to repentance.In Reforming Mercy Ministry Ted Rivera identifies thirty-three ways we can engage the world with Christian compassion. And he offers fresh insight into our impulse to help, so that we do more good than harm. All the while he keeps the second great commandment close to the first: we love our neighbors, Rivera reminds us, because God first loved us—and because God loves our neighbors more than we do.

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Information

Publisher
IVP
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780830844210

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Feed the Hungry
  8. 2 Fight Famine
  9. 3 Give Drink to the Thirsty
  10. 4 Care for the Stranger
  11. 5 Help the Homeless
  12. 6 Supply Clothes to the Needy
  13. 7 Care for the Sick
  14. 8 Provide Disaster Relief
  15. 9 Minister to the Imprisoned
  16. 10 Effectively Oppose Abortion
  17. 11 Offer Crisis Pregnancy Support
  18. 12 Adopt
  19. 13 Become a Foster Parent
  20. 14 Fight Child Abuse
  21. 15 Fight Pornography
  22. 16 Support Women’s Shelters
  23. 17 Care for Widows
  24. 18 Care for the Disabled
  25. 19 Give Hospice Care
  26. 20 Fight for Human Rights
  27. 21 Fight Racism
  28. 22 Fight Drug and Alcohol Abuse
  29. 23 Fight for Fair Wages
  30. 24 Fight for Health Care Reform
  31. 25 Teach Financial Responsibility
  32. 26 Enter the Political Arena
  33. 27 Be Outspoken
  34. 28 Go Somewhere No One Else Is Willing to Go
  35. 29 Live Unselfishly
  36. 30 Model Compassion
  37. 31 Give Money
  38. 32 Show Respect
  39. 33 Care for Spiritual Needs
  40. Notes
  41. About the Author
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