Tag Archives: Parable of the Good Samaritan

Jean Valjean, Good Samaritan

By Robin Bates | Published: July 9, 2022

“Les Misérables” features two of literature’s great Good Samaritan figures.

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Is Loving Our Neighbor Asking Too Much?

By Robin Bates | Published: June 22, 2019

Spiritual Sunday This past week, I attended a special Bible study session on the Good Samaritan parable where Sewanee’s Rev. Amy Lamborn emphasized just how radical God’s second great commandment is. Jesus tells the story in such a way, she pointed out, that call out his audiences prejudices. At a time when we are turning […]

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i put him all into my arms

By Robin Bates | Published: July 14, 2013

e. e. cummings’ “man who had fallen among thieves” brings the Good Samaritan parable uncomfortably close to home.

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