TRIO

A friend of mine taught me a lesson last night. He's a medical doctor or as I once read, "he's the kind of doctor that helps people," as opposed to the PhD, I suppose.

This is the first year we have been in a small discussion group in our BSF Bible Study Fellowship. Along with 13 others or so.

This year we are studying the book of John. Chapter 4 about the Samaritan woman at the well. Last week in Chapter 3 we examined Nicodemus and his conversation with Jesus. So one of our study questions was to compare and contrast the two.

Our discussion leader asked that we give the similarities first. After a few responded, my friend gave his answer, but he also included differences. One in our group attempted to correct him by saying, "We are only giving similarities." He responded, "I'm giving similarities and differences. It's the only way to do it."

There you have it. A few smiles and chuckles because he delivered it matter of factly with a hint of sternness.

So what did I learn? That the very smart and the very uninformed have a commonality. They only see black and white. There's one answer, and that's it. The rest of us see a lot of gray, see a lot of different possibilities, but the two polar opposites aren't so opposite on some things after all.