The Gospel Goes Forth to the Gentiles

This is exciting stuff, my Gentile friends!  (If you are Jewish, please pardon us as we celebrate this tremendous gift today.) Jesus used Jews to take the Gospel to the Gentiles for the very first time!  As we learned yesterday, Paul was sent to the Gentiles after being rejected by the Jews.  However, the Jewish …

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Huge Treasure of Gold Coins Found off the Coast of Israel

Hi friends!  News out of Israel and the Middle East is often grim and increasingly barbaric.  So, today I want to share news of great treasure found in the coastal waters of Israel! A group of scuba divers off the Mediterranean coast of Caesarea happened upon a treasure trove of gold coins under only 15 feet …

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Welcome to the Holy City!

Entering Jerusalem (particularly for the first time) is a very memorable experience.  This explanation will be a far cry from the actual experience, but I hope it whets your appetite to go there and experience it for yourself!  If you have not done so already, please stop to read Romans 11, as today's post will …

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Caesarea by the Sea Re-visited

As promised, I will "re-visit" sites in order to provide more pictures, insights, etc that I just ran out of time for during the trip. Caesarea by the Sea is especially important to Christians, as it was here that the Gospel first went out to the Gentiles. If not for what took place here, we …

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