William Bengo Collyer, English Congregationalist, muses on the parable of the Good Samaritan, to encourage service to the widow, needy, naked, hungry, prisoner, ignorant, perishing. When we see them, we behold our own nature, and when we help them, we help our own flesh.

Do we view the “one starving kid” on the other side of the planet as our neighbor?

How can you behold your own nature?

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Thomas Goodwin, English Puritan, says the philosophy of “every man for himself” is mere self-love and the mark of an unregenerate man. It’s the value system of the Roman Empire.

Do we excuse the actions of individuals or nations as long as they can claim were done in self-interest, or had the value system of Cain?

How can we forgive others and truly be our “brother’s keeper”?

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