Lord have mercy! This is the 6th in my series on the Good Samaritan parable. In this post we learn why I’m even discussing the word, mercy, as well as the definition of it. This is not a random word, but the assessment a lawyer concluded about the person who offered first aid to a…
Good Samaritan, 5th in the series: Listen to the story with today’s vernacular to hear it anew. What was the message Jesus intended His audience to consider, and what is the message it has for us today? For more information on first aid, or God, or how they so intertwine, please go to: https://shawnritchey.com/first-aid-its-a-god-thing-biblical-guide-to-life-saving/ To subscribe…
Who’s my neighbor sounds like an innocent question, does it? But Luke tells us that the lawyer not only wanted to justify himself but also test Jesus with the questions he asked. Leviticus 19:18, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” was taken very seriously for all pure Jewish people. In fact, Leviticus 19:18 was thought to…
The Good Samaritan was not told as a story because it was Jesus’ turn to do children’s story at synagogue. It was told because a lawyer asked Jesus two specific questions. The first seemed promising, “What do I need to do to inherit eternal life?” Part of the lawyers answer includes Leviticus 19:18 which was…
This is the second in a series on the Good Samaritan. How should we view him? In this post we consider how the audience who heard Jesus share the parable (story) of the Good Samaritan viewed people from Samaria. Though his name is in good standing now with countless clinics, hospitals, and laws named in…
The Good Samaritan is a name many of us recognize. Either because we are familiar with the parable/story as shared in Luke 10:25-37, or because we are aware of the Good Samaritan Law, or we know of clinics and/or hospitals named after this “person.” But what do you really think of this “person?” Most of…
Mercy, the word in the Hebrew Bible has it’s root in the word for womb. It represents a deep, protective love a mother has for her child. This is the love of God. Jesus speaks of, and models, mercy frequently in the Greek Bible. Mercy – acting and showing compassion, kindness, patience, lovingkindness, goodwill, mercy…
We know, or have learned anew, that providing CPR is affirming value to life since we are mechanically circulating the person’s blood while performing chest compressions. Circulating blood is life. So the rescuer/responder is really saying, “I Want You Back.” God, also, is intimately, lovingly, and passionately saying to you and me, “I Want…
https://youtube.com/shorts/YEh8FmS4dmo?si=gjmN9aaq5MzLgf_f CPR, medically, stands for Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. It is a medical skill performed by professional rescuers, lay rescuers, family members or bystanders. It is performed when someone is presenting as being in Cardiac Arrest; Their heart is no longer functioning as a pump. When chest compressions are provided, the goal is to…
https://youtube.com/shorts/3IpGeQlUTtI?si=d6rvPCN7lg0GPxZZ CPR, medically, stands for Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. CPR is provided to someone who is, or presenting as being in, Cardiac Arrest. But I believe there are more definitions of CPR and that CPR should be thought of both medical and spiritually. Medically, CPR is a medical skill performed by professional rescuers, lay rescuers,…