Grace in the Weeds

Grace in the Weeds

The Story That Won’t Let You Be the Hero

Justice Beyond the System, Week 4

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Rev. Dr. Amanda Whittington
Sep 15, 2026
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We have a way of declawing this one.

The Good Samaritan is maybe the most famous story Jesus ever told, and we’ve heard it so many times it’s gone soft — a gentle little lesson about being nice to strangers. We even named hospitals and laws after it. But when Jesus first told it, it was not gentle. It was a scandal designed to get right up under the skin…

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