![]() Societies in biblical days were strongly tribal. Jesus’ reply expanded the “neighborhood” well beyond the lawyer’s view. We can assume that when the lawyer asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” he was thinking to himself, “I have taken very good care of my neighbors” - that is, the good Jewish people living in his neighborhood. Your people likely won’t remember what you said before anyway. Preach this text to these people and to our times. My advice is: never look back on your old sermons. ![]() ![]() ![]() How do we preach on the same texts we’ve preached on many times before, perhaps to the very same congregation? That’s our situation this Sunday. How do we preach on texts that everybody knows and where the meaning is very clear? ![]()
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