I’ve enjoyed reviewing some of the stories of significant women of the Bible over the last 30 weeks (30 weeks!!!! I had no idea). But, I’m thinking it’s time to start winding down this series I’ve based on the…
And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. And they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt.…
The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.” Just then his…
(Jacob’s Well in Sychar, Samaria today) Last week, I skimmed the surface of the story of the woman Jesus met at the well in Sychar, Samaria, oh-so-many-years-ago… These were the immediate lesson she’d want us to hear: No matter…
Now, Jesus had to pass through Samaria. So He came to a town of Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as He was from His journey…
While Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. Some of those…
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what…
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed home. “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will…
Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to (Jesus) and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to help…
Were I Miriam (the sister of Moses), and able to write the ending to my story, I’d make it a good one; one that would leave people smiling. However, this is not the way Miriam’s story ends. In Numbers…