What if loving your neighbour has less to do with Sunday acts of kindness and far more to do with what you do for a living on Monday?

In this episode, Tom Nelson takes one of Jesus' most familiar parables and turns it on its head. Through the story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10, Tom reveals that the hero of Jesus' tale wasn't just compassionate, he was economically capable. And that capacity didn't come from nowhere. It came from work. Drawing on Luke 10 and Ephesians 4:28, Tom makes a compelling case that the Great Commandment isn't just about mercy, it's about the productive, diligent work that makes mercy possible.

You'll learn:

-Why the Good Samaritan's compassion alone wasn't enough and what made his neighbourly love actually work.

-How your daily job fits into a "neighbourly love chain" that serves thousands of people you'll never meet.

-The crucial difference between value extraction and value addition and why Jesus was a brilliant economist

-What the Apostle Paul meant when he connected honest work directly to the capacity to care for others.

-How to see your Monday workplace through the lens of the Great Commandment and why that changes everything.

Neighbourly love isn't just a feeling or a gesture. It requires both Christlike compassion and economic capacity. The surest way to build that capacity is to roll up your sleeves and do your work well. The best workers make the best neighbours.

Released on 16 Aug 2026