The woman says, “Give me this water.”        

You would think Jesus would immediately lead her to pray a prayer of repentance and receiving him as Lord. But instead Jesus replies, “Go, call your husband and come back.” He actually sends her away...

You have an inner life. Everyone does. Your inner life is the world of thoughts and ideas and feelings and intentions and dreams that you live with every day.

Jesus said you are to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul...

You have an inner life. Everyone does. Your inner life is the world of thoughts and ideas and feelings and intentions and dreams that you live with every day.

Jesus said you are to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul...

Jesus Has a Better Question

Jesus’ response to the woman is creative and intriguing. He has a better question for her. She asked, “How can you…?” His better question is, “May I have living water?”

This question would not have occurred to her. She...

Jesus Has a Better Question

Jesus’ response to the woman is creative and intriguing. He has a better question for her. She asked, “How can you…?” His better question is, “May I have living water?”

This question would not have occurred to her. She...

People say so much with their questions. You do this. Jesus did this. Questions are a superior way both of telling, learning, and teaching. 

Brady asked 50 questions in the two miles from my house to his school. They were in staccato, one after the...

People say so much with their questions. You do this. Jesus did this. Questions are a superior way both of telling, learning, and teaching. 

Brady asked 50 questions in the two miles from my house to his school. They were in staccato, one after the...

Be Wiling to Be Alone:

“His disciples had gone into the town to buy food” (v8).

 The disciples were focused on something else entirely. They all decided to go to McDonald’s as a group—all Twelve of them.

This group activity is a lot of fun. It...

Be Wiling to Be Alone:

“His disciples had gone into the town to buy food” (v8).

 The disciples were focused on something else entirely. They all decided to go to McDonald’s as a group—all Twelve of them.

This group activity is a lot of fun. It...

Jesus’ life and ministry ping-pongs between Judea and Galilee, Jerusalem and Capernaum. The two cities are about 100 miles apart, but it is a walking world, and that’s a four or five-day journey on foot.

So Jesus is in perpetual motion as we see him...