Essays Tagged: "Parable of the Good Samaritan"
Love Your Neighbour: An Essay on the Teachings of Jesus.
, for us to love our neighbor. In response to the question, "Who is my neighbor?" Jesus told us the parable we call "The Good Samaritan," as follows:"A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, an ... e who showed mercy on him.' And Jesus said to him, 'Go, and do likewise.' " (Luke 10:30-37).In this parable, the man who was robbed and beaten was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho, two cities in Ju ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Alms... Anyone???
d donations, charitable groups and institutions... Everytime we encounter situation like this, most of us think "Why should I help these people? All of these are mere propagandas and gimmicks. They ar ... ritable institutions. There are also some beggars who act violently if you give them a small amount of alms. Some people think thay they could get diseases from these untidy people. Most streetchildre ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Homelessness and Poverty is a Religious Issue
e have been civilized colonies, even before Jesus. The bible mentions many homeless people from the Parable of the Good Samaritan to the Blind Man. In both these cases, there are three points of views ... erstand how to solve the crisis. Many people are guilty of just passing by a person in need. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, a priest didn't even want to have anything to do with the homeless ma ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Kindness and Initiative.
When I thought of kindness and initiative I immediately thought of the Good Samaritan. A man is robbed and beat up ... A priest came by but didn't even help him. Then a Levite came by and didn't even give him the time of day. Finally a Samaritan came by. Nobody liked them. But this man took the initiative to help the ... otten hurt. How far should you take kindness? In today's world is it safe to help a man on the side of the road? Or should you just drive on by?Sam and Cayla were walking home from school when they sa ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others.
so the people in hospital or anyone else who is sick. Are these the only people we should help? The parable of the Good Samaritan tells us that the answer is “No!” We also need to help our n ... person or family who lives next door. We are a neighbour to anyone we help. The implication of the parable is that we should be prepared to help anyone in need. In the parable it was an enemy of the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Dillards delay
I think the subject of this story is about making life and death decisions right there on the spot, about staying calm i ... ns right there on the spot, about staying calm in hard situations. It's also about the consequences of those decisions. Everyday you have to make certain decisions and follow through with them, I feel ... till follow through. I believe that the doctor did the right thing by helping the victim out of the truck. He wouldn't be alive right now if it wasn't for Dillard. The victim had a blocked airw ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy