She came to the well at noon to avoid people. Jesus was waiting: the Samaritan woman in John 4
In John 4, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well at noon and asks her for a drink, breaking social and religious barriers. He offers…
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Job’s friends were at their best when they said nothing. Then they started explaining his suffering
When Job lost his children, wealth and health, his friends Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar sat with him in silence for seven days. Then they argued that…
Two small coins, worth almost nothing: why Jesus said the poor widow gave more than all the rich
In Mark 12:41-44 and Luke 21:1-4, Jesus watches people giving at the temple treasury. Rich people put in large sums. A poor widow puts in two…
Hiding in a winepress, called a mighty man of valour: Gideon, the fleece and the 300
In Judges 6 and 7, Gideon is threshing wheat in a winepress, hiding from the Midianites, when an angel calls him a "mighty man of valour".…
The priest thought she was drunk. Hannah was praying for a son, and her prayer changed Israel
In 1 Samuel 1, Hannah, childless and taunted by her husband's other wife, prays at Shiloh with such intensity that Eli the priest thinks she is…
Peter walked on water until he looked at the wind: Matthew 14 and faith in the storm
In Matthew 14, the disciples are caught in a storm on the Sea of Galilee when Jesus comes to them walking on the water. Peter asks…
A short, rich tax collector climbed a tree to see Jesus. Zacchaeus and the grace that went first
In Luke 19, Zacchaeus, a wealthy chief tax collector in Jericho, climbs a sycamore tree to see Jesus. Jesus calls him by name and invites Himself…
Five talents, two talents, one buried in the ground: what the parable of the talents teaches about fear
In Matthew 25, a master entrusts his servants with talents before a journey. Two invest and double what they received; one buries his out of fear.…
“Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” The courage of Queen Esther
The book of Esther tells how a young Jewish woman became queen of Persia and risked her life to save her people from a plot to…
“Our Father which art in heaven”: what each line of the Lord’s Prayer asks for
When the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, He gave them a short model prayer. The Lord's Prayer, recorded in Matthew 6 and Luke 11, covers…