New Community Church
Who is My Neighbor?: A Command
This is week 5 in our series on the Good Samaritan, and Rachel challenges us to move beyond sympathy into active, embodied mercy—even when it's inconvenient. CHAPTERS [00:00] - Worship & Series Introduction [00:25] - Five Weeks on the Good Samaritan [01:20] - Three Philosophies of Life [02:32] - The Way of the Neighbor [03:53] - Scripture Reading & Prayer [05:20] - Identifying with the Beaten Man [07:22] - Jesus as Our Compassionate Neighbor [08:29] - Greek Word: Compassion [11:47] - Compassion Requires Action [13:11] - Ongoing Acts of Mercy [14:12] - The Samaritan as Christ Figure [15:43] - What Mercy Means [19:50] - National Good Neighbor Day [23:32] - Second Practice: Eliminate Hurry [28:20] - Being Like Jesus & Communion REFERENCES [01:20] - Martin Luther King Jr.'s Sermons on the Good Samaritan ( https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/draft-chapter-iii-being-good-neighbor [06:07] - Amy-Jill Levine, "The Many Faces of the Good Samaritan—Most Wrong" ( https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/archaeologists-biblical-scholars-works/understanding-the-good-samaritan-parable/ ) [23:56] - Bob Goff, "Everybody Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People" ( https://www.bobgoff.com/books/everybody-always/ ) [26:26] - Dallas Willard on Ruthlessly Eliminating Hurry ( https://www.soulshepherding.org/ruthlessly-eliminate-hurry/ )[27:54] - Eugene Peterson, "Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ" ( https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802869326/practice-resurrection/ ) [19:50] - National Good Neighbor Day (September 28) ( https://www.nationalgoodneighborday.org/ ) [21:28] - National Coffee Day (September 29) ( https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-coffee-day-september-29 )
