Ok, time to learn some Hebrew! "Good morning" in Hebrew is boker tov! As we greet one another each morning, we say, "Boker tov!" Even our Arab bus driver understands it. We haven't quite mastered the Arabic version (though we are working on it). This morning featured another glorious sunrise over the Sea of Galilee, …
After yesterday's visit to Misgav Am and Tel Dan, we journeyed to other sights on the Golan Heights including Caesarea Philippi ("Gates of Hell"), the Syrian border, and a stop at an olive processing factory producing wonderful olive oil and cosmetics. (The photo above is the infamous "Gates of Hell" from Caesarea Philippi.) The lookout …
Following Misgav Am and Tel Dan, we stopped for lunch at a Druze restaurant where many of us tried Lebenah, a very thin pita (more like a Middle Eastern tortilla!) filled with goat cheese and other goodies. Druze are actually of Arab descent, but are very favorable to Israel. Their sons serve in the IDF, …
Happy Lord's Day, friends! If you are a believer in Jesus, do you remember your baptism? What a beautiful image of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ that atoned for our sins. In baptism, we identify with our Savior. But there is more to understand about baptism, and it is clearly explained in …
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