This was one of the easiest, yet hardest books to read. It is easy in that it is only about 80 pages long and can easily be read in a day. It is hard in that it challenges you to do things that sound ridiculous. Then, he uses scripture to show you that what you think was such a ridiculous idea, is actually what the Bible says you should be doing in the first place.
Milton Jones gives seven steps to loving someone you can’t stand. You’ll have to read the book yourself to see what these steps are, but here are a few of my favorite quotes:
Loving someone that we can’t stand is truly a difficult task. But if we are a Christian, it is what we are supposed to do.
Milton Jones gives seven steps to loving someone you can’t stand. You’ll have to read the book yourself to see what these steps are, but here are a few of my favorite quotes:
- “If you think evil is more powerful than our God, your picture of God is too small. You had better take another look at your God.” P.15
- “If you can honestly pray for a person, you may not change the other person, but you may change in the process” P.25
- “One of the hardest lessons to learn is that revenge is not yours. Never!!!” P.43
- “If we are more glad that they lost than we are happy that good won out, our attitude is somewhat less than Christian.” P.57-58
- “Feeling guilty when we are guilty is not bad.” P.79
Loving someone that we can’t stand is truly a difficult task. But if we are a Christian, it is what we are supposed to do.