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The Good Samaritan

7/14/2019

2 Kings 5:1-14; Galatians 6: 1-16; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
July 14, 2019

There are a few bible stories that it seems the whole world knows, whether they are Christian or not. David and Goliath, the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, the 23rd psalm and the Good Samaritan. The trouble for us in the church is, we have heard these stories over and over again. When Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan, he told it with a surprise ending. We miss the shock value of the story both because we've heard it so often and we don't always understand the very unfriendly relationship between the Jews and the Samaritans.

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Bear Whose Burdens?

7/7/2019

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2 Kings 5:1-14; Galatians 6: 1-16; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
July 7, 2019

I remember 9th grade English with Mr. Wayne Brix. (anybody else? Dwight, Deb, Mary, Roger) He was a teacher from the old school; tough and demanded top effort from his students. I admit I enjoyed learning grammar from him... it is so logical! But what really has stuck in my head for all these years (50?) was the end of the year assignment for a research paper. I remember I did it on the possibility of human beings building settlements on the moon. But that isn't what struck me about the assignment. It was what he told us when he was explaining how we needed to use sources and a bibliography. In that announcement, he explained that the bible could not be used as a source as it had too many contradictions. I remember being shocked. The bible; contradictions? And I would be interested in having a conversation with him today about how that statement holds up. But one example he could have used comes right in today's epistle reading. Verse 2 says, “Bear one another's burdens.” But verse 4 says, “For all must carry their own loads.” Sounds kind of like a contradiction, doesn't it?

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Bear Whose Burdens?

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