One of the best-known parables of Jesus, the Good Samaritan offers a rich insight into the mind of Christ and the expectations of neighbourly love. It is a parable that offers a critic of the norms of the day. But those critics are well applied to our world today and the hyper-partisan public sphere. We would do well to listen closely to the parable of the Good Samaritan and to know its history.
At Beer and Bible will go a little deeper than the surface level reading as we unpack the historical and political landscape of the time. We must remember that Jesus’ audience would instinctively know the nuance in the same way that many Canadians know turns of phrase that may not make sense a few hundred years from now. Hockey fans, for instance, would know 1972, 1987 and the Golden Goal.
The historical and political landscape will open the parables to a deeper reading, and one in which not only do we read the parable but also how the parable reads us. We look forward to seeing you on April 25th at the Heuther Hotel in the Malt Room at 7:30 pm.