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Some of the work that Jesus and his disciples would attempt would be quite difficult. But other times, their work was very easy. This encounter with the Samaritan town of Sychar seems to be the latter. Jesus informs his disciples that they have the...

Jesus HAD to go through Samaria? Geographically speaking, he really didn’t. So that must imply something pertaining to his ministry. The Jews didn’t view the Samaritans as kin at all. In fact, they largely despised them. But the roots of the...

Jesus HAD to go through Samaria? Geographically speaking, he really didn’t. So that must imply something pertaining to his ministry. The Jews didn’t view the Samaritans as kin at all. In fact, they largely despised them. But the roots of the...

John the Baptist returns to the stage in a case where he is questioned about losing followers to Jesus, who was steadily increasing in popularity. He simply reminds his audience that he has always pointed others to Jesus, and that the time has come...

John the Baptist returns to the stage in a case where he is questioned about losing followers to Jesus, who was steadily increasing in popularity. He simply reminds his audience that he has always pointed others to Jesus, and that the time has come...

These verses constitute the conclusion of Jesus’s response to Nicodemus and, quite possibly, the heart of John’s understanding about the extent of Jesus’s work. We already know that John wishes to prove that Jesus was the Son of God, but prior to this...

These verses constitute the conclusion of Jesus’s response to Nicodemus and, quite possibly, the heart of John’s understanding about the extent of Jesus’s work. We already know that John wishes to prove that Jesus was the Son of God, but prior to this...

Jesus had negative run-ins with so many people who were counted among the religious establishment. They bristled at his challenges to their authority, as well as at his suggestions of change. But on this particular encounter, the religiously...

Jesus had negative run-ins with so many people who were counted among the religious establishment. They bristled at his challenges to their authority, as well as at his suggestions of change. But on this particular encounter, the religiously...

It’s a funny thing how religion, which should be a benefit to humanity, so often becomes a point of contention. While the reasons are surely many, one in particular is that humanity often makes religion a tool to serve their own purposes, such as...