I'm going to start with a disclaimer: please stick with me through all of today's teaching. For some, it may cause great angst in the beginning. For some, you are going to want to pick up rocks to stone me. But understand that if you struggle with this teaching, you need to take it up with …
Tag: Pilate
What a Debt We Owe!
Welcome back Bible lovers! It is good to study and fellowship with one another, so I hope you are finding blessing here. Yesterday I introduced God's 3-fold call upon Israel and we launched into the first of those three: the birthing call. Through Abraham, God birthed His purpose: world redemption. Let's continue that thought by …
Jesus before Pilate and Herod
During the last few days of Jesus' earthly life He stood trial six times...three before religious officials and three before civil officials. Each trial violated religious and/or civil law. Imagine....the Son of God on trial before mortal humans! Yet, from the foundations of the world, our sovereign God chose to sacrifice His Son in order that …
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 …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 