In Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, the hero of the story - with suspect spiritual credentials for his religion obsessed audience - is the only person who reflects God’s heart for the person in need. The moral of the story is that you have to get off your donkey to help somebody.

In his book with the same provocaticve title, Reggie McNeal argues that it’s time for all of us to get up off whatever we’re sitting on and help somebody! “This book is a call to action,” he says. “Maybe you can’t change the world, but you can change your street. Writing for anyone and everyone who wants to stem the darkness, the author knows that most of his readers will be church people. So he gives this blunt warning: the book is aimed at that brand of unbiblical church-ianity that has resulted in
a church-centric religion which fails to reflect the heart of God for people.