Lending a helping hand is what makes a friend a real friend. If we say we care, but don’t ever lend a hand, then we really don’t care. Similarly the body of Christ is an extension, an arm of Christ, reaching out to a world desperately in need of help. Compassion, such as this is just one of several marks of a Christian that we’ll examine here today on Bridging the Gap as Lloyd Pulley resumes his verse by verse study of First Peter.