It’s Sunday Again: “To Whom Am I a Neighbor?”

Another Sunday, the opportunity to worship with another part of the wonderful, great, extended family of God. Today Jan and I are representing Baxter Institute at the Missions Fair at the Park Plaza church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after which I will preach in the Spanish-speaking assembly.

My sermon text is the parable of the Good Samaritan. Which questions are valid? Which are the good questions?

What must I do to inherit eternal life?

What does the Bible say?

Who is my neighbor?

Who is a neighbor?

To whom am I am neighbor? Or, Whose neighbor am I?

On a Sunday when the church is thinking about the mission of God, we often make it too complex and difficult. Mission begins with the opportunities and neighbors God has already given us.