Pastor Brad revisits Jesus’ well-known parable by looking closely at each character—the thieves, the priest, the Levite, the Samaritan, the innkeeper, and the victim—to show how compassion and kindness cut across boundaries of status, enmity, or identity. He reminds us that every person carries within them a God-given “core of goodness,” and that we are called to live it out by being neighbors in action, even when it stretches us beyond comfort.
Reflection question: Who in your life might be “across the road” from you right now—and what would it mean to cross over with compassion, as the Samaritan did?
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