This is the familiar story of the Good Samaritan. This was acrtually extremely scandalous for Jesus to use this imagery. Amy Jill Levine, Jewish New Testament Scholar at Vanderbilt, suggests that the image is someone coming to your rescue, that was so detested, that you would just as soon die rather than be helped by him. Wow.
This is an excellent text for us to examine in this most hostile of times. How do we learn to listen to each other in a way to understand rather than to hate and reject?
Narrative Lectionary -- Week Thirteen -- Advent 3: Isaiah 61 (and 59) meet Jesus in Nazareth
Lost in the Night
Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Twelve -- Joel and Advent 2
Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Eleven -- Daniel and Advent 1
Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Ten -- Jeremiah
Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Nine -- Isaiah, Simon Peter and the Election
Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Seven -- Elijah and the Widow
Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Six -- David and Nathan
Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Five -- The Golden Calf
Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Four -- Early Exodus
Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Three -- Joseph
Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Two -- Genesis 15
Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week One -- Genesis 1
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Forgotten Women of the Bible -- Esther
Youth Mission Report Sunday
Forgotten Women of the Bible -- Hannah
Forgotten Women of the Bible -- Abigail
Forgotten Women of the Bible -- Devorah
Creeds -- Week 2
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