Today’s post may be the most important post yet as we examine John 4:15-26. It is important from a cultural as well as theological and gender perspective. As this is a longer section of verses we will not provide all…
Month: June 2019
John 4:7-9 “When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Will you give me a drink?’ (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food). The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘You are a Jew…
Why did the Jews and the Samaritans Hate Each Other? John 4:7-9 “When a Samaritan woman said to him, ‘You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?’” (For Jews do…
John 4:1-9 “The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, although, in fact, it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and went back once…
One of the most important things we must do whenever we read a particular passage of scripture is to disengage reading it through our modern 21st Century set of eyes and presuppositions and look at through the cultural lens of…
On a recent (May 2019) podcast I listened to by Thom Rainer, author & church consultant, he provided 8 Reasons You Should Consider Becoming a Church Consultant and here is the first and main reason for doing so: The deteriorating…