{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dialog","title":"1.14 / Who is my neighbor? What Jesus meant by the Good Samaritan","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3515,"description":"A man asked Jesus, \"Who is my neighbor?\" Luke says he asked because he wanted to justify his actions (Luke 10:29). We think most of us still ask it for the same reason.\nNick co-wrote our church's Christmas production. Over 450 people gave their lives to Christ, and he still went home deflated, wondering how many of them would actually be discipled. My co-host Nick Surface and I start there: what discipleship really is, altar calls, critiquing pastors from a distance, and why Jesus made a Samaritan the hero of the story.\nWho is my neighbor, according to Jesus?\nThe expert in religious law was looking for a way to rule some people out. Jesus told him about a Samaritan, the person his listeners avoided most, then said, \"Now go and do the same\" (Luke 10:37). Anyone you'd tend to see as an enemy is your neighbor.\nWhat does it mean to love your enemies?\nThe Greek word is ἀγάπη (agapē): love that comes out of your character, not your feelings. Someone else decides if they see you as an enemy. You decide if you see them as one.\nHow do you know if someone is really saved?\nNot by whether they raised a hand. The proof is the fruit of their life over time. One plants, another waters, but God makes it grow (1 Corinthians 3:6-7).\nScriptures\nLuke 10:25-37 · Matthew 5:43-45 · John 13:34 · Matthew 22:37-40 · Matthew 7:21-23 · Acts 8:26-40 · Romans 13:8 · 1 Corinthians 3:6-7\nPeople\nMarcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 2\nAndy Stanley: what does love require of you?\nChapters\n0:00 Cold open, show intro and pre-show banter\n1:43 Judging a church from a distance (Joel Osteen)\n3:52 What is discipleship, really? A Christmas production story\n6:00 Philip and the Ethiopian (Acts 8) and counting salvations\n8:51 Are altar calls in the Bible?\n10:40 Growing up charismatic: does God work with imperfection?\n13:40 Putting a timeline on other people's transformation\n14:28 What is the real proof of salvation? (Matthew 7:21-23)\n16:25 Where did the altar call come from? Why we make traditions\n17:46 Why...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7YsfA4gq5VzjhvmKvDET1pQqT0OM6yxv1laklKclR7g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZWZh/MTRmZDEzOWRjZGQz/Y2M2NThkNzYwOTJj/ODA4MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}