Many New Testament texts were written to communities ... Raise your hand if you’ve heard a preacher describe the Samaritan woman in John 4 as a no-good sexual sinner. That has been the dominant ...
In the story of the Good Samaritan, Jesus seems to come down on the side of the broadest possible application of the love ethic. And by emphasizing a particular type of love – the gut-wrenching kind – ...
In the New Testament close New TestamentA record of ... (NIV) In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus told the story of a Jewish man walking from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the journey he ...