Making and Maturing

Disciples of Jesus

Category: Christianity

  • Jumping Continents

    Israel/Greece 2019 Days 11-12 We said a bittersweet goodbye to part of our group as they headed home. The rest of us followed in the footsteps of the Apostle Paul traveling from Israel to Asia Minor— modern day Turkey. Paul didn’t fly Turkish Airlines, instead he used Roman roads. After a very quick stop in…

  • Thankful for a Great Time in Israel

    Israel 2019 Day 10 Our morning started in Nazareth and a visit to the “Nazareth Village,” a ministry that has recreated 1st century life in Nazareth. Live shepherds, carpenters, and weavers really made us feel like we had traveled in time. A special highlight of the morning was when pastor Mike read Luke 4:16-30 in…

  • Worship Problems

    Israel 2019 Day 9 It seems so simple in Exodus 20:3- “You shall have no other gods before me.” Yet since the garden in Eden we’ve had a worship problem. Today our tour in Israel centered on worship. Our first stop was tel Dan. In Judges 18 the tribe of Dan relocated here because they…

  • Where Jesus Walked

    Israel 2019 Day 8 We started our day driving up from Tiberias to the cliffs of Arbel for an amazing view of the Sea of Galilee. We saw the area where Jesus did the vast majority of his ministry, and got a great bird’s eye view of the region. We drove back down to the…

  • Israel 2019 Day 7 Our day started in the Dead Sea—a body of water that sits at the lowest elevation on earth. The Jordan river empties into it, and there’s no outlet. A combination of environmental factors gives the Dead Sea a salinity of 30%. The bottom line here is that everyone floats in the…