We were blessed with so many fantastic speakers at the ICEJ/ACLI Conference earlier this week, and I want to share about one of the most interesting speakers of the event, Pastor Saleem Shalash. Pastor Shalash is an Arab Christian living in Nazareth (Jesus' boyhood hometown), shepherding Home of Jesus the King congregation. His gratitude for …
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I have stood on the shores of the Sea of Galilee at Tabgha and wondered what it would have been like the day Jesus called Peter, Andrew, James and John to follow him. (Matthew 4, Mark 1, Luke 5) See Tabgha and Jesus' Disciples. Peter is one of my favorite Bible characters. In many ways, …
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“God thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing great things which we cannot comprehend. For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ And to the downpour and the rain, ‘Be strong.’" ~Job 37:5-6 The new year arrived with a bang in Israel, as snow fell in the north and rains flooded the south. While …
Today (sundown Friday to sundown Saturday) was Shabbat, so everything in Israel is pretty much shut down. Thus, we took the opportunity to make the two hour drive down to Galilee. "Down" has a different connotation in Israel because, though the Galilee area lies to the north of Jerusalem, one always goes "up" to Jerusalem, …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 