Into the Judean Wilderness

Today's journey was a new one for us all. We loaded up and headed out at 8:00am with Timna on our radar. Since dropping south from Bet She'an a couple days ago, we've been in barren desert! We saw it in the lower half of the Jordan River Valley and around the Dead Sea. Barrenness …

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Same Song, Second Verse

Through the inspiration of God, King Solomon, one of the wisest men to ever live, wrote this: There is nothing new under the sun.~Ecclesiastes 1:9 In our humanness, we seem to never learn from others' mistakes. We somehow think "it will be different this time." Indeed, there is nothing new under the sun. We simply …

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Must See: Behind the Scenes Tour of the Pilgrimage Road in the City of David

One of my favorite places in Israel is the City of David. From there, King David ruled the kingdom. Did you know the City of David is actually the ancient Jerusalem? Indeed, until Solomon built the Temple (around 1,000 BC), Jerusalem was situated down the hill to the south. David built a glorious palace there, …

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The Priestly Call

Ok, let's wrap it up today!  This week we have studied God's love story.  We know God called Abraham, a pagan Gentile, to become the father of the Jews...and the Gentiles!  (See previous posts if that is confusing to you!)  God's call upon Abraham was a 3-fold call: Birthing call Suffering call Priestly call Today, …

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