Upcoming: June 14th - The Good Samaritan

Upcoming: June 14th - The Good Samaritan

From South Run Baptist Church by South Run Baptist Church

June 10, 2026

About this episode

This episode explores the parable of the Good Samaritan, emphasizing the importance of love and empathy in our relationships with others.

A lawyer asks Jesus how to inherit eternal life, and the answer is “love.” Love God and love neighbor. But he follows that up with a question we all secretly ask: who can I exclude from my love? Jesus answers with a story that inverts it all. It is the very person the lawyer wants to exclude that shows him what love is. Love is a verb, it is embodied, and it is the road that leads to life. Check out the weekly sermon here or on our SRBC podcast on Apple Podcast and Spotify. While you’re at it, check us out on Facebook and Instagram too. What We'll Cover Why "Who is my neighbor?" is really a question about exclusion and why Jesus refuses to answer it on those terms How you can tell whether you actually love God (hint: it's not about your feelings on Sunday morning; its about how you love your neighbor) Why love is a verb, and the difference between the right words and the right works What the Samaritan teaches us about empathy, and why learning to look away is a dangerous habit of the soul Why self-giving love isn't a rule we're forced to keep but the design we were made to live Like what you hear? We’d love to know. At South Run, we read every message personally. Whether you have…

People in this episode

Host: Eric

Topics covered

  • love
  • neighbor
  • exclusion
  • empathy
  • self-giving love
  • eternal life

Keywords

  • Good Samaritan
  • love God
  • love neighbor
  • eternal life
  • empathy
  • self-giving love
  • exclusion
  • Christianity

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Books & works: The Good Samaritan

Places: June 14th

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