OTHERS: A Small Book for People on Difficult Roads
OTHERS: A Small Book for People on Difficult Roads
A short book. A long road. A question you cannot avoid.
What This Book Is About
Every life has a Jericho road.
You know the moment. Someone in need appears in your path. You feel two pulls at once — the pull to help and the pull to keep walking.
Others takes you down that road through the eyes of three travelers in the Parable of the Good Samaritan. A priest. A Levite. A Samaritan. All three see the same wounded man. Each one makes a different choice.
This book asks you to make yours.
Four Questions That Will Not Let You Go
What do you see when you look at a wounded person?
What do you do with what you have when someone else needs it?
What happens to your plans when a wounded person interrupts them?
How close are you actually willing to come?
You will not walk away from this book with easy answers. You will walk away with honest ones.
Why You Need This Book
It is short. You can read it in one sitting.
It is direct. Every chapter ends with questions you must answer for yourself.
It is Christ-centered. The Samaritan points to a greater Rescuer. Every chapter leads you back to the cross.
It meets you where you are. Whether you are the one called to cross the road, or the one still lying in the ditch, this book speaks to you.
Who This Book Is For
The believer who wants a fresh, convicting look at a familiar parable.
The pastor searching for sermon material on compassion and mercy.
The small group leader who needs a short study with built-in discussion questions.
The hurting reader who needs to know that Christ came where they are.
Anyone who has ever felt the pull to help and the pull to keep walking, and wants to know which one is winning.
Inside This Book
How We See People — The difference between an interruption, a situation, and a neighbor.
What We Do With What We Have — Why sympathy feels, and compassion gives.
What We Put First — How your schedule reveals your true priorities.
How Close Are You Willing to Come? — The difference between locality, vicinity, and proximity.
Each chapter closes with reflection questions built for personal study, family devotions, or small group discussion.
From the Book
"The priest asked: What will happen to me if I stop? The Samaritan asked: What will happen to him if I do not?"
"Sympathy feels something. Compassion gives something."
"No man can truly behold Calvary and look at people as if they are not worth reaching."
Get Your Copy
Available now in PDF format. A paperback edition is also available on Amazon.
Want to go deeper? Others is drawn from a fuller work — Others: Find Your Road, Find Your People, a fourteen-chapter study of the Good Samaritan for those who want to walk the whole road.
OTHERS: A Small Book for People on Difficult Roads
A short book. A long road. A question you cannot avoid.
What This Book Is About
Every life has a Jericho road.
You know the moment. Someone in need appears in your path. You feel two pulls at once — the pull to help and the pull to keep walking.
Others takes you down that road through the eyes of three travelers in the Parable of the Good Samaritan. A priest. A Levite. A Samaritan. All three see the same wounded man. Each one makes a different choice.
This book asks you to make yours.
Four Questions That Will Not Let You Go
What do you see when you look at a wounded person?
What do you do with what you have when someone else needs it?
What happens to your plans when a wounded person interrupts them?
How close are you actually willing to come?
You will not walk away from this book with easy answers. You will walk away with honest ones.
Why You Need This Book
It is short. You can read it in one sitting.
It is direct. Every chapter ends with questions you must answer for yourself.
It is Christ-centered. The Samaritan points to a greater Rescuer. Every chapter leads you back to the cross.
It meets you where you are. Whether you are the one called to cross the road, or the one still lying in the ditch, this book speaks to you.
Who This Book Is For
The believer who wants a fresh, convicting look at a familiar parable.
The pastor searching for sermon material on compassion and mercy.
The small group leader who needs a short study with built-in discussion questions.
The hurting reader who needs to know that Christ came where they are.
Anyone who has ever felt the pull to help and the pull to keep walking, and wants to know which one is winning.
Inside This Book
How We See People — The difference between an interruption, a situation, and a neighbor.
What We Do With What We Have — Why sympathy feels, and compassion gives.
What We Put First — How your schedule reveals your true priorities.
How Close Are You Willing to Come? — The difference between locality, vicinity, and proximity.
Each chapter closes with reflection questions built for personal study, family devotions, or small group discussion.
From the Book
"The priest asked: What will happen to me if I stop? The Samaritan asked: What will happen to him if I do not?"
"Sympathy feels something. Compassion gives something."
"No man can truly behold Calvary and look at people as if they are not worth reaching."
Get Your Copy
Available now in PDF format. A paperback edition is also available on Amazon.
Want to go deeper? Others is drawn from a fuller work — Others: Find Your Road, Find Your People, a fourteen-chapter study of the Good Samaritan for those who want to walk the whole road.