The Good Samaritan Made Simple

Mercy that crosses the road.

A man lay bleeding in a ditch, and the two most religious men in the country walked right past him. Then a stranger from the wrong side of the tracks stopped, got his own hands dirty, paid out of his own pocket, and came back to check on the man. Jesus looked at the expert who had asked, "Who is my neighbor?" and said, "Go and do likewise" (Luke 10:29, 37).

In this book you will learn:

• Why "who is my neighbor?" is the wrong question — and the one Jesus asks instead (Luke 10:25-29)

• What the priest's excuses and the Levite's cold inspection still cost us today (Luke 10:31-32)

• What the Samaritan's gut-level compassion really is (Luke 10:33)

• The two hands of mercy: the wine of truth and the oil of grace

• What "whatever more you spend, I will repay you" demands of your wallet and your second day (Luke 10:35)

• How to love in deed and in truth, not in word or in tongue (1 John 3:18; James 2:15-16)

• How to love the neighbor you would not choose — your enemy (Matthew 5:44)

• How Jesus Christ, the true Samaritan, rescued you first (Romans 5:8)

Unapologetically Trinitarian: the Father whose heart is revealed in the parable, Jesus Christ — Lord and Savior, Son of God and Son of Man — its teacher and deepest subject, and the Holy Spirit who turns a hard heart merciful. Every prayer is prayed to the Father, through Jesus Christ, by the Holy Spirit.

Each chapter opens with Scripture and closes with one clear action step. Includes a closing prayer, a questions-and-answers appendix, and the Made Simple Framework.

The Good Samaritan — go and do likewise.

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