Author: lowen

The Samaritan woman’s attitude fascinates me to no end. It is a tremendous study to observe her changing attitude as the conversation goes farther along. Today, we study her reply to the Lord’s observation that she has had five husbands, and the man she is with currently is not her husband. We further look into…

I apologize for being so late with this installment, but this week with the weather and some other items, delayed me. In any case, we continue this week with our study of the woman at the well and her attitude towards Christ.

In studying the Word of God, it is always helpful to try to put yourself in the shoes of the person or people in the story at hand. The encounter of the Samaritan woman with Jesus at Jacob’s well is certainly no exception. This week, we explore what possibly motivated her to talk to him…

One of the most blessed things for a Christian is the surety that our Lord knows our sorrows and our griefs. Today, we study in John 4 about how our Lord was wearied with his journey. I’m so glad we have a Lord who is acquainted with our grief!

For the first podcast of 2026, we’re looking a bit more closely at where the situation with the Samaritan woman at the well occurs. The Bible says it was near the parcel of ground Jacob gave to Joseph. This is all fine and good, but as we look back in the Scriptures we’ll see that…

If we’re going to study the Samaritan woman at the well thoroughly, we need to learn a bit about the Samaritans in general. We go back to 2 Kings 17 to pick up the story of how the Samaritans came to be.