"Teacher," he said, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" In some cases, Good Samaritan laws encourage people to offer assistance. As I have read, prayed over, and daydreamed about the passage for the past couple of weeks, I have become convinced of at least four things.
Originally scheduled for January 3. Perhaps too, that racial and ethnic boundaries must be overcome as we broaden what it means … Continue reading "Going Deeper with the Parable of the Good Samaritan" The passage is an old and familiar one to most of us. He said to him, "What is written in the law?
Good Samaritan laws are laws or acts offering legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to those who are injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. The Parable of the Good Samaritan is often read by many in a rather single manner to mean that we ought to be more generous to those in need or that we ought to not neglect those who suffer. A Brief Meditation on the Good Samaritan Peter JB Carman Emmanuel Friedens Church, Schenectady NY Church Picnic, July 10, 2016 Luke 10:25-37 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. There always seems to be depressing headlines in the news, but I heard a story this week about some good news.It’s the story of a modern day Good Samaritan (the original, in case you wanted to look it up, is in the book of Luke 10:30-37).The story comes from my mother, and it was too good not to share. “Love your neighbor as yourself” in v. 27 uses the term for love Agape, which – rightly – means seeking the good and welfare of all.
A meditation on the Good Samaritan I am planning, for the first Sunday of 2009, to preach on the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). Meditation on the parable of "The Good Samaritan" (Luke 10:25-37). There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? People of Samaria, an area sandwiched between Galilee to the north and Judea to the south, were hated by Jews because they intermarried with non-Jews and did not strictly observe Mosaic law. Jesus builds upon that when he describes the heart attitude of the Samaritan that, “He had compassion.” The sense here is that he was inwardly emotionally moved and compelled by that emotion of love to do something. (Matthew 25:40)The Samaritan "had compassion" on the injured Jew. http://www.ChiropractorInScotchPlainsNJ.com Meditation on the Good Samaritan, by Dr. Pecoraro, Chiropractor, Scotch Plains, NJ What do you read there?"
The Good Samaritan. Jesus changes the question that we need to ask. How do you read it?” ; Jesus gave the word "neighbor" a new meaning: anyone in need.