# The Luke 10:28 Project
> The Luke 10:28 Project is a faith-based research initiative that helps committed Christians grow in the Greatest Commandment by learning to live out rightly ordered love across the whole of life. Its work is built on the Greatest Commandment Model™, a research-based framework for Christian wellbeing grounded in Luke 10:27-28.
The Luke 10:28 Project was founded by Jen Collier, NBC-HWC, who holds an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (MAPP-CP) from the University of East London. The framework at its center, the Greatest Commandment Model™ (GCM), emerged from her graduate research: a directed qualitative content analysis of Christian psychology literature mapped against an established positive psychology framework (the Hierarchical Framework of Well-being). The core product is the Greatest Commandment Assessment™ (GCA), a free, research-grade psychological wellbeing assessment based on Luke 10:27-28 that measures a person across seven dimensions and returns a narrative report. This is not self-help, not therapy, and not motivational ministry. It is Christian formation: structured, theologically grounded, research-informed work for people who genuinely want to grow.
The primary audience is committed, churched Christian adults who love God and want to live the Greatest Commandment more fully but lack a practical framework connecting their faith to daily life. A secondary audience is pastors, Christian coaches, counselors, and spiritual directors who shepherd others and want substantive, research-grounded tools for supporting Christian flourishing.
## The Framework
- [The Luke 10:28 Project](https://www.luke1028.com/project-home): The individual-facing home of the project. A practical framework for everyday Christians who want to go deeper by loving rightly, holding faith, inner life, and daily life together.
- [The Greatest Commandment Model™](https://www.luke1028.com/model): The full framework. Seven dimensions drawn from Luke 10:27-28 (Love the Lord, Heart, Soul, Mind, Strength, Love Yourself, Love Others), how they are structured, and what each measures.
- [What Is the Greatest Commandment Model?](https://www.luke1028.com/greatestcommandmentmodel): An accessible introduction to the model and the seven dimensions of wellness, with the science-and-faith rationale behind it.
- [Why This Exists](https://www.luke1028.com/why-this-exists): The gap the model was built to fill, the research methodology behind it, and its current development status.
- [Christian Flourishing and Formation](https://www.luke1028.com/flourishing-and-formation): What flourishing means in a Christian frame, how wellbeing functions as a diagnostic snapshot, and what formation looks like in practice.
- [Engaging the Hard Questions](https://www.luke1028.com/objections): Theological objections to the model (self-love, self-denial, psychologizing discipleship) answered from Scripture and the tradition of Augustine and Aquinas.
## The Assessment and Formation Resources
- [The Greatest Commandment Assessment™](https://www.luke1028.com/assessment): The GCA. A free, research-grade wellbeing assessment across all seven dimensions, with a narrative report delivered by email. Launching Summer 2026; assessment pathways currently in beta.
- [Formation Pathways](https://www.luke1028.com/formation-pathways): Structured 28-day formation resources built around the dimensions of the model.
- [The Forgiveness Pathway](https://www.luke1028.com/the-forgiveness-pathway): A free 28-day formation pathway on forgiveness. Scripture-anchored, psychologically informed, 58 pages.
- [Coaching with Jen](https://www.luke1028.com/coaching): One-on-one faith-based coaching grounded in the GCM, offered on a sliding scale.
## For Churches and Practitioners
- [The Luke 10:28 Center for Christian Flourishing](https://www.luke1028.com/center-home): The research and practitioner arm of the project, serving those who shepherd others.
- [For Churches and Practitioners](https://www.luke1028.com/for-churches-and-practitioners): How pastors, coaches, counselors, and churches can use the model and assessment, plus partnership opportunities.
- [Practitioner's Guide to the GCA](https://www.luke1028.com/practitioners-guide): A free guide for coaches, counselors, and pastoral leaders on introducing the assessment, reading a client profile, and pointing toward formation.
## Writing and Content
- [Articles](https://www.luke1028.com/articles): Longer-form pieces from the Center on the theology and psychology behind the model.
- [Blog](https://www.luke1028.com/blog): Shorter reflections on faith, formation, and everyday Christian life.
- [Podcast](https://www.luke1028.com/podcast): Conversations connected to the project's themes.
## Research
- [Academic Resources](https://www.luke1028.com/academic-resources): The peer-reviewed literature and scholarly works forming the research base for the GCM, spanning Christian psychology and positive psychology.
## About
- [About Jen and Justin Collier](https://www.luke1028.com/about): Background on the founders.
- [Contact](https://www.luke1028.com/contact): Get in touch with the project.
## Core Concepts and Vocabulary
Key terms used across the site: the Greatest Commandment Model™ (GCM); covenantal wellbeing; rightly ordered love (ordo amoris); the seven dimensions (Love the Lord, Heart, Soul, Mind, Strength, Love Yourself, Love Others); Christian flourishing; Christian formation; wellbeing as a diagnostic snapshot; "Do this and you will live" (Luke 10:28); and abundant life (John 10:10).
## Content Themes and Topics
The project's articles and blog consistently engage: rightly ordered love versus performance-based or behavior-based faith; properly framed self-love, self-compassion, and self-worth grounded in identity in Christ; shame, the "ought self," and self-discrepancy theory (E. Tory Higgins); the meaning of abundant life and flourishing; finding the sacred in ordinary, mundane life; renewing of the mind and the relationship between thoughts and emotions (Romans 12:2); anxiety and emotional regulation through a faith lens (Philippians 4:6-7); forgiveness as a decision rather than a feeling; gratitude and savoring God; vocation and calling; marriage as formation; repentance and the act of "turning"; and the integration of contemporary neuroscience and psychology (trauma, predictive processing) with Christian theology.