Corazón Herido

By Dan B. Allender

Book Description

In a culture that equates love with niceness and acceptance, Dan B. Allender challenges readers to reconsider everything they think they know about genuine Christian love. Drawing from the example of Jesus Christ, Allender reveals how authentic love operates with shrewd wisdom, disruptive courage, and passionate intensity that often makes others uncomfortable.

This exploration of bold love dismantles the popular notion that loving others means yielding to their desires or simply forgiving and forgetting. Instead, Allender presents love as an active, creative force that refuses to enable destructive patterns or accept people exactly as they are when growth is needed. This kind of love requires strategic thinking and the willingness to risk relationships for the sake of true transformation.

Readers will discover how to move beyond passive acceptance toward a more courageous approach to relationships with family members, friends, colleagues, and even adversaries. Allender argues that while this authentic love may initially unnerve or disturb others, it ultimately compels them to confront the internal issues that prevent genuine flourishing.

For those who feel exhausted from constantly turning the other cheek without seeing real change, this book offers a fresh perspective on what it means to love with both grace and strength. Allender invites readers to embrace the uncomfortable but redemptive work of loving others toward their highest potential.