Sermons

Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan challenges us to reconsider what it means to be a neighbor. When a religious expert asked Jesus 'Who is my neighbor?' seeking to define boundaries of compassion, Jesus responded with a story about a man left for dead whom religious leaders ignored but a Samaritan: a cultural enemy; helped generously. Jesus flipped the question from 'Who is my neighbor?' to 'Will I be a neighbor?' teaching that neighborliness isn't something we define but something we do. The parable calls us to stop categorizing people and instead embody mercy by seeing the overlooked, crossing boundaries, and making compassion practical.