Q&A with Jewish scholar Steven Fine on the history of a biblical minority. The Good Samaritan shows up in Jesus’ parable in Luke 10 without much explanation of where he came from. And then he exits ...

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 ...

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) — 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 ...