(The Conversation) — Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary. (The Conversation) — The Bible story of the Good Samaritan is more ...

The Samaritan saw what Jesus saw: a man beaten, bleeding and dying by the side of the road, says Phillip Thomason.

Find today’s readings here. Today’s Gospel reading is the parable of the Good Samaritan. Because the story and its message are so familiar, the word “Samaritan” has lost its sting for today’s audience ...

Penny physically subdued Jordan Neely, a homeless, allegedly mentally ill man, who was threatening other riders in a subway in New York City in May 2023. Neely, who had previously been arrested 42 ...

The Bible teaches us to "love thy neighbor," yet this principle seems increasingly absent today. In fact, if more people loved their neighbors, would the term “Good Samaritan” even need to exist? Yet, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The Bible story of the Good Samaritan is more than a mainstay of Sunday school courses. “Good samaritan” is the catch-all way to describe a do-gooder – someone who stops to change ...