The Narrow vs. Broad Definitions of “Neighbor”

by Herb Reese

New Commandment Men’s Ministries Blog

The Narrow vs. Broad Definitions of “Neighbor”

By Herb Reese

Jesus’ Good Samaritan broadens “neighbor” to include anyone in urgent need, but that truth can make Christians overlook the people living nearest them. This reflection calls for balance: loving neighbors next door and down the street while extending compassionate care to strangers encountered in serious need wherever they may be.

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Herb Reese

Herb Reese is an author, public speaker and President of New Commandment Men's Ministries. Herb has a B.A. in History from UCLA and a Th.M. in Pastoral Ministries from Dallas Theological Seminary. He has done post graduate work in The History of Ideas at University of Texas, Dallas and in Church Administration at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. After serving as a pastor over a period of twenty years, Herb founded New Commandment Men's Ministries, a ministry dedicated to helping churches recruit, train, organize and deploy teams of men who permanently adopt their widowed and single parents. Herb has served as President of New Commandment since 2003 and has helped 1,000 churches develop men's team ministries in all 50 states and eight foreign countries. Herb and his wife, Patti, live in Arvada, Colorado, and have three adult children.

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