Barry H. Corey - Love Kindness: Discover the Power of a Forgotten Christian Virtue

You cant hate a people and reach a people at the same time. So, in moments like this, when culture is changing and many Christians are angry, we need wise leaders to show a better way. Thats exactly what Barry Corey does in Love Kindness. This will be an essential book for Christians as they engage the new cultural moment we are in.

ED STETZER

Executive director of LifeWay Research and senior fellow at the Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College

Barry Coreys reminder that Christians are called to love kindness is refreshing, convicting, and extremely timely. What if kindness became a more defining attribute of Christ-followers than defensiveness?

MARK BATTERSON

New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker and lead pastor of National Community Church

Deep disagreements often create strong frictions that at times flare up into hostilities and even wars. In this wise and compelling book Barry Corey draws on his personal and professional experience to offer an antidote: the forgotten virtue of kindness not as a mere social lubricant of niceness, but as a generous way of life modeled on Christs. The proposal is simple but revolutionary: the world would change if people with deep disagreements agreed to be kind to one another. A very much needed book at this juncture of evangelical engagement with the broader culture.

MIROSLAV VOLF

Author of Flourishing: Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World, professor of theology at Yale Divinity School, and founding director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture

Love Kindness is a sorely needed plea, written at what I believe is the most opportune time of my life. The changes in the culture are breathtaking: escalating racial tension and questions of gender identity, equality, and rights, along with much more, present us with a unique moment in history to be voices of grace and truth in the marketplace. Shouting or silence are not the paths to influence. Instead we need a third way, the way of kindness, expounded and exemplified by my friend Barry Corey.

BRYAN LORITTS

Pastor for Preaching and Mission of Trinity Grace Church, New York City

If ever there was a book that was desperately needed in our day, let me kindly say, it is Love Kindness: Discover the Power of a Forgotten Christian Virtue. What is required of Christian disciples is that we should love kindness. Here is Gods gift to a watching world where the shrill tone of yelling at each other keeps getting louder and more acrimonious by the hour. In this beautifully written volume, President Corey has gently urged Christians to respond not in kind, but with Gods kindness and love. I warmly endorse Dr. Coreys book as one of the most important antidotes to a dangerous moment in our history.

WALTER C. KAISER JR.

President Emeritus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Barry Corey is a kind man. He learned to be kind from his remarkable father. So Corey is well qualified academically and spiritually to write this book, a book that embodies the interesting approach of teaching different aspects of kindness through stories in his own life. For Corey, kindness is not niceness, adopting a position of compromise, or an expression of a desire to be received. Rather, it is having a firm center and soft edges, it is learning to be receivable, and it is learning to dialog with those with whom we disagree with kindness in the way of Jesus. The number of issues that divide us is multiplying each day. As a result, there never has been a time other than now when Love Kindness is so desperately needed. Get this book, read it, discuss it with your friends and those whom you oppose. Youll be glad you did.

J. P. MORELAND

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Biola University and author of The Soul: How We Know Its Real and Why It Matters

In a world of social media trolls and cable news shouting matches, people of goodwill everywhere are calling for a return to civility. Capable thinkers have addressed the issue philosophically and theologically. Barry Corey builds upon such foundational principles, but what makes this book distinctive is its narrative approach. Through real-world illustrations, Biolas president walks us through what kindness in action looks like on some of the most difficult issues of our day. Highly recommended.

GREGORY ALAN THORNBURY, PHD

President of The Kings College

Barry Corey challenges believers in Jesus Christ to respond to the breathtaking cultural and moral changes around us with courage and kindness. Love Kindness is a road map for living in the world while not becoming part of it. Read it and take heart.

ROBERTA GREEN AHMANSON

Writer, philanthropist, and art patron

A warm, humane, funny but pungent book. Corey takes the reader into the real, day-to-day stuff of living and reflects on the practice of Christian kindness in the midst of all of this. He does so with poignant honesty and with real insight. Dont read this book if you dont want to be moved.

DAVID F. WELLS

Distinguished Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

My friend Dr. Barry Corey has written an insightful and empowering book illustrating how kindness is a key that can unlock many closed doors. Everyone can and should strive to be kinder than we are. Its a fruit of the Spirit that requires deliberate effort to cultivate, but the results can be transformational.

JIM DALY

President of Focus on the Family

This book makes me realize we are in dire need of more people like my friend Barry Corey, people of startling authenticity and genuinely humble and joyful faith. But theres great news: if you read this book, you may well become such a person. Youll certainly begin that journey. I recommend it highly.

ERIC METAXAS

New York Times bestselling author of Bonhoeffer and host of the nationally syndicated Eric Metaxas Show

As compelling as it is convicting, Love Kindness shows how a life of selfless kindness can change the world for Gods glory. This is Barry Corey at his finest. I highly recommend this for readers who want to better serve the kingdom of God.

D. MICHAEL LINDSAY

President of Gordon College

We evangelicals need this book. And the folks who see us as mean-spirited people need it too to get a good picture of biblical fidelity at its best. Barry Corey makes the case for kindness with clarity and courage. In this book he has both inspired me and taught me!

RICHARD J. MOUW, PHD

President Emeritus and Professor of Faith and Public Life at Fuller Theological Seminary

Niceness is quiet and passive, often to the demise of a person and of a culture. But kindness is courageous and truthful because of love. It will trade its own popularity to seek the highest good of others. In his life, in his face and voice, in his university, and in this good book, Barry Corey shows us the way of kindness. He leads.

KELLY MONROE KULLBERG

Author of Finding God beyond Harvard: The Quest for Veritas

Love Kindness is insightful, enjoyable, and inspiring. In an age when rancor and opposition seem to be ramping up, Dr. Corey challenges Christians to embrace the way of kindness. I found myself cheering at some points and personally convicted at others. As Christians, we are committed to biblical teaching. And yet, as