Scot McKnight suggests that some of the religious leaders of Jesus’ day practiced a “‘love of Torah’ that created boundary lines between neighbors and non-neighbors.  Jesus turned that Pharisee expression around and believed in a ‘Torah of love’ that crossed boundaries by redefining the word ‘neighbor.'” (p 12)

What about us?  Does our faith, our religion, our “doctrines” create boundaries and barriers that separate us from one another and serve to keep our love “close to home”?