The Parable of the Good Samaritan for Our Times. The acquittal of Daniel Penny by a Manhattan jury is a relief. Share. Resize. Listen (1 min) A subway car in New York, July 21.

Luke places his parable of the good Samaritan, which is unique to him, in the context of Jesus’ travel from Galilee to Jerusalem to fulfill the mission that God has entrusted to him.

Today’s Gospel reading is the parable of the Good Samaritan. Because the story and its message are so familiar, the word “Samaritan” has lost its sting for today’s audience.

A good Samaritan, according to the Oxford Lerner’s Dictionary is, “a person who gives help and sympathy to people who need it.” They can also protect others from harm. But this parable of ...

He Should Read the Parable of the Good Samaritan. It's wrong to use human beings as pawns in an apparent political stunt. Steven Greenhut | 6.30.2023 8:00 AM.

For my money, the best commentary on the parable of the Good Samaritan was published by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in 1937. It appears in his book The Cost of Discipleship, written while Bonhoeffer was ...

A Parable of the Good Samaritan for 2023 | PennLive letters. Published: May. 10, 2023, 9:36 a.m. By . PennLive Letters to the Editor; There was a cable news anchor who obtained an exclusive ...

Harris was alluding to what we already know: Donald Trump and his movement wouldn’t survive the good Samaritan test. Even if he were inserted into the parable as the man beaten on the side of ...

And as the parable of the Good Samaritan shows, it is an emotion that can be triggered by anyone, at any time, if we are – like the Samaritan – ready to be so moved.

It is the parable of the Good Samarian. It’s found in Luke 10. ... The Good Samaritan ethic, showing kindness to a stranger in need, has become a hallmark of our civilization.

In the study, inspired by the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan, 40 seminary students were split into groups and told to prepare a speech either about the parable or about jobs in which they ...