Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C
Luke 10:25-37
Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most famous and
instructive stories in all of scripture or Christian history. The
lawyer's question, "And who is my neighbor?" really sticks with me,
because it mirrors my own impulse for self-justification.
At 11:00pm the night before I preached this sermon, a jury in Florida
acquitted George Zimmerman on second-degree murder charges in the death
of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American boy walking home from
a convenience store. That's the context in which I preached this
sermon. For responses and resources I have found helpful, see this frequently-updated post.
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