Minister's Column; "Who is My Neighbor?"

“Who is my neighbor?” is the question that prompted the story we have come to know as the Good Samaritan. It’s one of the most familiar stories of the Bible. We even have laws in our country with the same name. It’s the story of a man who fell among thieves on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. They had robbed and beaten this man to near death and then left him to die. Three men came by him that day. Three men had opportunity to be neighbor to the man in need.

The first was a priest. He sees the crumpled body of the man lying there but quickly moves to the other side to avoid even a hint of c...