Shabbat Shalom! Shabbat is the Jewish sabbath and it begins every Friday at sundown. The city (and most others in Israel) almost totally shut down mid-afternoon to prepare for shabbat dinner and to attend synagogue at sundown. Today, we experienced both synagogue and shabbat dinner together! What a glorious ending to a great day! I'll …
Tag: Golgotha
In the Steps of Jesus: Journey to the Cross
As if the agony of Gethsemane and the seemingly endless illegal trials (see here and here) that Jesus endured were not enough, Jesus’s journey to Calvary’s cross was absolutely brutal. For example, did you know the Roman soldiers severely mocked and tortured Jesus in a charade called The King’s Game? Matthew 27:27-31 and Mark 15:16-20 …
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To Golgotha – Part 1
Welcome back friends. We have paused during the darkest day in history in order to shed some light on where Jesus was crucified. If you did not take some time to read one of the Gospel accounts of Jesus' crucifixion before today's post, I urge you to stop and read one of the accounts now. …
To the Cross
We spent yesterday and this morning visiting the most important sites for Christians. I've already reported about Jesus's trials before Pilate and Herod, but let's go back to the hours prior to Jesus being thrown into Caiphas, the High Priest's dungeon. (See yesterday's post for that part of the story.) The Gospels teach us that …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 