Commentary on the Good Samaritan You will find my text in part of the 29th verse of the 10th chapter of Luke: "And who is my neighbor?" "We are told that as Christ stood with his disciples, a man, a lawyer, stood up and tempted him, and said: "Master, what shall I do to inhe...
I focused on the Good Samaritan because I had gained an awareness that week that the kids were failing to understand that whole “Love your neighbor as yourself” concept in some key ways. Thus, I chose that passage at that week’slectio divinareading, and later that day, I had the kids...
In this episode, Chara dives into a verse that has divided many Christians: "Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ..." Verses referenced: 1 Peter...
Recently during a restless night, I thought about another midnight that Christians sometime sing about in December. “It came upon a midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth, to touch their harps of gold. Peace on the earth, good will to all.” The ...
On page 169 in the same book Gunther writes the following: “In chapter 5 of Liber LXV [Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 1907], the comming of the New Aeon is likened unto a Star that falls from the heavens upon the earth [Liber LXV, V:5 [chapter 5, verse 5, 6 and 7: “5. Now is the...
Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) shows us that caring for people in need is central to who we are as Christians. The parable also challenges us to acknowledge the goodness in all people because the “foreigner” in the story is the one who acts in the most Christ...
"The Law and the Prophets" is the "job description" for the human race: to love God, to help our neighbor love God, and to love our neighbor in tangible and material ways, such as illustrated by the "Good Samaritan." But we're not just individuals who give an individual cup of ...
The good SamaritanLukeOne time a professor set Jesus to the test 25On a quest the pious expert in the holy law expressedExpertLife eternal is my aim and I wanna inheritYo Teacher, I beseech ya, tell me how can I get it?JesusMoses wrote the law for you to decode 26What do you make...
those are good insights. We need wisdom to present the gospel in unique ways , as we evaluate the situation. Mariannesaid this onMarch 23, 2009 at 7:18 pm|Reply What nonsense is this…. Mark 16 ends at verse no.8. From 9-20…it is all fabrication as confirmed by Christians scholars...
Shining like a burning bush, singing like a scripture verse: It made me want to bow my head … ‘causeeverythingis holy now. Everything, everything, everything is holy now.[iv] In other words,what happens in Bethlehem doesn’t stay in Bethlehem. ...