After breakfast, we boarded the bus and traveled to the Sea of Galilee for a much-anticipated boat ride. Once aboard, we sang a mix of traditional Jewish songs and hymns …
Fall 2019 Up to Jerusalem Tour — Day Three
After a stunningly beautiful drive north this morning, we arrived at the Misgav-Am kibbutz on the Lebanon border. We heard an insightful talk from the founder of the kibbutz on …
Fall 2019 Up to Jerusalem Tour — Day Two
After breakfast at the Dan Panorama, we checked out of the hotel and made our way to Caesarea Maritime. It is here along the Mediterranean Sea that Caesar Augustus gave …
Fall 2019 Up to Jerusalem Tour — Day One
After a lovely breakfast buffet at the hotel, we made our way to the Ayalon Institute. In our devotional time on our bus, Dr. Jim Showers, executive director of The …
Fall 2019 Up to Jerusalem Tour — Hello from Israel!
We have landed in Israel and are already loving the mild, summertime climate here in late October. I’m Steve and I will be blogging our travels together on the Fall …
Defending the Faith: Five Points for Answering the Problem of Evil
My wife and I love frozen yogurt. We enjoy concluding date nights by stopping by our favorite yogurt shop before picking up our kids. One of the things I used …
Six Takeaways from Caleb’s Enduring Faith
After 400 years of Egyptian captivity, Israel was miraculously delivered from bondage. The Lord commanded Moses to send a representative from each of the twelve tribes to search out the …
Simple to Sublime Sukkah Living
“Bring those palm branches over here… yeah, just scatter those on top…” We were building our first-ever sukkah and getting excited about the party we were going to host in …
Things We Won’t Say in Heaven
“I’m feeling a little under the weather.” “I can’t afford that.” “That hurt my feelings.” I’m sick of saying these things! How about you? It can be so disappointing to …
