Pastor Expands The Discourse On 'The Samaritan Woman'

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Pastor Expands the Discourse on “The Samaritan Woman”
There is much more to Jesus’ interaction with the Samaritan Woman than just about “living water” and worship in spirit and truth.

Every Christian should be familiar with the Biblical account of Jesus meeting a Samaritan woman by the well near the city of Sychar (John 4:4-26). It is in that event where He gave the discourse on the “Water of Life” and where He directly revealed himself as the Messiah to a non-Jew – and woman. For counselling pastor Glenn Vellekamp, the story reveals more than just about the “living water” and worship of God in spirit and truth.

In his book The Samaritan Woman You Never Knew (AuthorHouse, 2016), Vellekamp calls the meeting between Jesus and the unnamed

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