Lutheran Church of the Savior Sermon Audio, 7/14/13

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year CLuke 10:25-37Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most famous and instructive stories in all of scripture or Christian history. The lawyer's question, "And who is my neighbor?" really sticks with me, because it mirrors my own impulse for self-justification. At 11:00pm the night before I preached this sermon, a jury in Florida acquitted George Zimmerman on second-degree murder charges in the death of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American boy walking home from a convenience store. That's the context in which I preached this sermon. For helpful resources on the case, see my blog: http://unexpectedandmysterious.blogspot.com/2013/07/george-zimmerman-found-not-guilty-in.html