Tag: Bible
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Wanting to replace the true king. Studying 1 Samuel 8:1-9
I’m a sports fan. It can be easy to be disappointed in your teams. At the end of the season, there’s always only one champion. More often than not, that’s not your team. Some teams wait years or decades to win titles. Some never even have. Maybe your team has had a down year or…
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The living water Jesus provides. John 4:10-19
In John 4, Jesus is traveling through Samaria[] and encounters a woman at a well. He asks for a drink. At first glance, that might seem reasonable enough but by interacting with a Samaritan woman, Jesus was going against cultural norms. As the passage continues, we discover that it’s ultimately not a story about water. …
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The woman at the well. Studying John 4:1-9
In John 4, Jesus is on the move. He’s left Judea and is journeying into Galilee. He’s venturing out of Jewish territory. John 4:1-2 says: Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3…
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The Spirit without measure. Studying John 3:34-36
In John 3:34-36, we see the final words of John the Baptist written in the Gospel of John. In this passage, John is giving powerful insights about Jesus and his relationship to God. John 3:34 says: For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. This…
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Jesus and eternal life – studying John 3:16-21
The result of belief In John 3:16, Jesus says: God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. One of the things that this verse teaches is that belief in the son is necessary. Our society really struggles with that idea. …
Josh Benner 