This Week: Who is My Neighbor? Almost everyone who’s been around churches knows the story of the Good Samaritan. It’s the story of the despised neighbor who turns out to be the unexpected compassionate caregiver. And yet, we all struggle to recognize the potential goodness in some of our neighbors. Join us as we stretch out assumptions about who and how to love.

Series: How to Love Your Neighbor in a Divided World Is it possible to be a loving person in our polarized cutthroat world? Every action, every word, and every social post is pulled into a brutal war of us versus them. It’s not simply politics that cause fights today; it’s our entertainment, our education, our workplaces, our churches, our family gatherings – basically everywhere.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Jesus told his followers that it wasn’t enough to love those who are easy to love. He calls us to love our enemies – and that doesn’t come naturally. Love might seem like an ineffective pipedream that can’t survive the everyday onslaught of negativity and criticism. And yet, the bridge of true love creates new paths to a better world.

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Sermon preached by Paster Dallas Flippin, on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI.

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