Christian Social Witness has increasingly become about SOCIAL MEDIA platforms & sharing live preaching & local Bible studies virtually. Stories in this category address 21st c. Christian issues of communication. Here’s where I need your help:
Would you email Roger@talkofJesus.com and tell us how, when & especially where you TALK to others online? Thanks for your COMMENTS & ideas. – Roger
I grew up in the 1960’s, a time full of protest songs. And this was one of my favorites, an a capella version in English from a German composer.
So what qualifies this as a protest song? BACH was a Protestant.
For years his hymns and music heavily taken from Scripture were banned from the Roman Catholic church (although now, Bach is back even in Catholic worship).
You may have heard today’s short take on Scripture as a benediction of worship:
Now to the King [lit. of the ages] eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory [lit. to the ages of the ages] forever and ever. Amen.
Even in this 21st century in the year of our Lord, 2022, the Gospel of Jesus Christ has enemies. NO Good News where atheist leaders can prevent it.
But any map of the world will reveal MANY roads – paths for Good News to Damascus or ANY other city in the world where the LORD commands the Gospel to be proclaimed.
SO let’s travel as refugees to places of other languages (even IF it has been coerced by a path to suffer for the sake of Christ).
(Don’t miss the question which sets the stage of this most famous parable of Jesus.)
Parable of the GOOD Samaritan
A Democrat, a Republic and an Indian were going down from Washington to..
NO, that’s not it.
An evangelical christian, a jew and an Indian were going down from the Capitol to..
NO, that’s not it either.
What was the QUESTION of the Lawyer?
Were you listening?
(IF you don't know it or don't really care anything about the relationship between GOD and humans in need of charity, no sense clicking ANY of the links below.)
‘If you want a religion to make you feel good about yourself I certainly don’t recommend Christianity’ either, but that wasn’t the QUESTION by the lawyer to Jesus, was it?
(For Christians, Jews, and everybody else)
Christians are to love others in a way that's distinct from that of the culture. But are we standing out? Listen to Truth for Life as Alistair examines the Golden Rule, presenting an uncomfortable challenge—and pointing out a surprising reward!: https://t.co/bPH5KK7ie1
What if WE become the one by the side of the road?
Who do YOU hope will ACT like the ‘Good Samaritan?’
A personal application
Near the end of this brief sermon Alistair, after bringing in politics and the like mentions ‘christians’ in rather contemporary terms, then mentions more serious ACTS of the church in earlier generations.
Are we missing it, my fellow Samaritan?
Next week Rochelle will be admitted to Christ Hospital for surgery. I ask your prayers for us, but also your consideration of why anyone would call their hospital by the Name of Christ.
It was Jesus Christ who used the parable of the Good Samaritan as illustration of the question, ‘What must I do to inherit eternal life?’
We could have chosen Jewish Hospital (aka Mercy Health), after all, we have some beloved and blessed Jewish physicians involved who practice at both. When I grew up in the Youngstown area patients with some of the most serious needs could be helped at Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital (named for a saint of the church, but now also owned my Mercy Health.)
And yes, we could have chosen a local ‘Good Samaritan’ hospital
