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"Won't you be my neighbor?" Was a question (and song) made famous by Mr. Rogers at the beginning of his children's program, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. This phrase has become popular in parodies, mocking, and making fun of its childlike innocence. In the Bible, when the Jewish lawyer says to be saved you must "love you neighbor as yourself," he quickly adds the question for Jesus: "Who is my neighbor..." Jesus' story of the good Samaritan follows and seems to answer that question. But is that the question Jesus answers? There is something more here than simply the encouragement that we should "love our neighbors..." Listen and find out.
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"Won't you be my neighbor?" Was a question (and song) made famous by Mr. Rogers at the beginning of his children's program, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. This phrase has become popular in parodies, mocking, and making fun of its childlike innocence. In the Bible, when the Jewish lawyer says to be saved you must "love you neighbor as yourself," he quickly adds the question for Jesus: "Who is my neighbor..." Jesus' story of the good Samaritan follows and seems to answer that question. But is that the question Jesus answers? There is something more here than simply the encouragement that we should "love our neighbors..." Listen and find out.