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The Bible is not a manual of theology,
nor a manual of ethics or philosophical views.
Scripture is held together by images.
Images that develop to capture our imagination.
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That samaritan story is not a story to make us, not, be like the religious priest,
the legalist Levite or the violent robbers, and get us to love victims.
The beat up guy is us, left for dead by religion and the law.
Importantly for us, we can’t do a thing to save ourselves,
so The Outcast One is the one who Loves us totally.
In our given up state, he pours in the life and the celebration.
(enjoying the parables with Robert Capon)
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