Emphasis Preaching Journal

One Saturday night, motivational speaker Reggie Dabbs led an powerful youth service. According to Reggie, the biblical injunction "love one another" is not simply bleeding-heart liberalism. Instead, it is a hard word to people who don't even speak to those around them -- much less love them. The early church reacted to "love one another" with a radical idea. They celebrated an "agape feast," which meant sharing food and drink with those they would normally shun and ignore.