The March 2026 Website Update

This March 2026 Website Update is about kindness. I believe that kindness is a trait that Jesus wants to see in all of his followers. This, of course, includes our family and friends and fellow followers of Jesus. But more importantly, I also believe Jesus wants us to show kindness to strangers as well as to people whom we don’t like or people we don’t agree with or people who we consider to be our enemies. It will not always be easy to show kindness to the latter groups, but I really believe that is what Jesus expects of us.

The Scriptures are full of calls for kindness. The following are Old Testament Scriptures that call for kindness.

• Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

• Proverbs 21:21 Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness and honor.

• Leviticus 19:34 You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

The following are New Testament Scriptures that call for kindness:

• Ephesians 4:32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

• Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.

• Colossians 3:12-13 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other, as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

• Galatians 6:10 So then, as we have the opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. 

I did some research on what others have said about kindness that I would like to share with you. I offer excerpts from three articles about kindness:

5 Principles the Bible Teaches About Kindness – Lookout Magazine By Brian Jennings

• Kindness brings beauty and hope to our world. A simple act of kindness may sustain us for days, months, or years. When a flower blooms in the desert, it dominates the landscape.

• We are to wear kindness like a blanket on a cold day. It should wrap around everything we do and be noticeable to all. People should never have to search us to find a trace of kindness.

• The kindest people I know are both reactive and proactive. They respond to needs they find, but they don’t wait for needs to arise, they go looking for them.

• Showing kindness to the wicked seems unfair until we remember that God was kind to us. Never has the gap in kindness been greater that when God showed kindness to us. The distance between God’s perfection and our imperfection can only be measured by the cross.

• There was a reason Jesus’ followers were willing to die for him. In him they found truth and kindness. They saw someone treat them with dignity, respect and grace. They watched him heal the lame and feed the hungry. They heard how he spoke to children. He led with kindness. 

• Ephesians 2:4-7 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive in Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 

• God kindly gave us the perfect role model to follow. While we can never match the kindness of Jesus, we can strive to imitate him.

Why Christians Should Listen Carefully and Speak with Kindness

By Randy Alcorn

• We speak with kindness not because we’re afraid of our opponents, not because we’re afraid of our enemies, but because we are representing Christ.

• We need to be bold enough to speak up and tell the truth even when it’s unpopular. But that doesn’t mean we have to be mean-spirted when we do it! Jesus told the truth, but He wasn’t malicious or ill-tempered, the way many professing Christians are behaving online and sometimes in real life as well. We don’t need more self -appointed prophets whose idea of ministry is dropping in on social media and releasing their little character-assassination arsenals and self-righteous insults, supposedly in the name of Jesus.

• Our need today is for Christ-followers who bear the fruit of the Spirit and love our neighbors in doing so: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, ad self-control.” Galatians 5:21-22 Those attributes should be a checklist we go over before we post something in anger 

or spite against those we disagree with.

• Our churches today desperately need the humility that rejects mean-spirited religion and exemplifies kindness while upholding biblical truth…What we all need to see is the type of Christian who, in a spirit of grace, loves them enough to humbly and kindly tell them the truth.

The Call To Kindness: A Christian Perspective

 By Major Sunkyung Simpson

• Kindness in the Bible is not just a feeling but an action and a way of living, it is closely related to the concepts of love, mercy and compassion…We can learn kindness from how Jesus treated people with a compassionate heart. He did this even when he was not necessarily pleased with how they lived…The Bible teaches us that kindness is something that we must strive for, not just something we must do. We are called to be kind, loving and merciful.

• Kindness is often overlooked in modern society because the world has become extremely self-centered and materialistic. Assumptions are made about individuals (because of their appearance, social standing, identity, and so forth) without any evidence to support them.

• Kindness can’t exist in this environment. In the world, as God designed it, people were to see themselves as part of a family. Others were to be seen as potential members and to be treated with kindness and respect. People were to assume the best of others. Kindness is a selfless and biblically valued virtue that could make our world a better place and has the power to transform other’s lives.

• Throughout the Bible, we see God being kind to humanity. He is long-suffering, slow to anger, full of mercy and grace. We see Jesus being kind to the outcasts and those in need. He healed the sick, fed the hungry, and cared for the outcasts of society. He was more than happy to be measured with the outcasts and oppressed. 

• Kindness is not difficult. It’s something we can practice in our daily lives. We can be kind to friends and family, neighbors, co-workers, and even strangers. We can show kindness by being helpful when needed, being patient, being understanding and speaking words of encouragement and firmness. You can do small acts of kindness too, like by sending a card to someone going through a difficult time or paying for someone’s coffee.

• Kindness is a powerful force for good that can make a big difference in someone’s life, because even a small act of kindness can change a life. Kindness can bring joy, hope and peace to those that can receive it. It can help build relationships and promote understanding.

Several last comments about kindness. I have noticed that the more I practice kindness to others the more I want to do it and the more I am looking for ways to practice it. 

Finally, I will finish with a stanza from a song I heard today at church: This is from Holy Spirit, living breath of God by Stuart Townsend

Kindness to the greatest and the least

Gentleness that sows the path of peace

Turn my strivings into works of grace

Breath of God show Christ in all I do