... chose to say this parable, this was by no means accidental. Really, as verse 4 tells us: "And a great crowd coming together, and those in each city coming to him, he [when he saw this crowd coming to him] spoke by a parable..." Jesus said this parable when many people were coming to him to ... from us. Like the priest and Levite in the tale, we are sometimes guilty of walking away from the diseases of humanity. We claim to follow Jesus, but what does our life truly reflect? Are we conscious of the needs around us? Do we treat strangers as undeserving of our sensitivity and compassion? .....

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• Grade Level: High School

... it time and again as Stephen gets Martyred, Paul going out on his journeys. Luke wanted to make sure people knew that this was an opportunity for anyone interested. These two underlay the main purpose of showing how the church worked to fulfill Jesus" parting statement "You shall be witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends ... could have also meant sail. Peter was staying at a Tanners house. A tanner in those days was considered unclean and was forced to live near the city. As Peter was praying, according to Barclay, the sight of the sails on the horizon coul...

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• Grade Level: High School

... streets. Lewis uses a dream as the vehicle to carry his ideas. Lewis boards a bus for Heaven with other ghosts from the town. It is not until the last chapter of the book that the reader finds out that Lewis is actually having a dream. Lewis finds himself in a dark and dreary place, where the houses are gray and empty, a dismal rain ... just before sunset. Walking through this abominable town, he happens to find a bus stop, which takes inhabitants out of this gloomy place and into a much brighter happier world. Slightly bewildered, Lewis boards the bus and begins a journey out of a cit...

• Word Count: 1177
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• Grade Level: High School