Good Reads

Whether you are planning a one-time event or an on-going Bible study, below are a few guiding principles that will smooth out the planning wrinkles and help your program be more effective: Set a Goal How you plan your event depends upon your goal for having it. And...

My 7 siblings and I grew up the fishbowl of a prominent pastor’s home. Everybody watched and commented on EVERYTHING we “PK’s” or preacher’s kids did. And we gave them plenty to talk about.  There were two unwritten rules for being a good PK:  Don’t say or do anything...

Echoing through the twisting limestone passageways of Jerusalem’s Old City was the tapping cadence of the Greek Orthodox bishop’s scepter. Dressed in liturgical costume, the bishop also swung a smoking brazier of incense in rhythmic arcs as he led a cluster of solemn,...

To the eyes of a western evangelical Christian, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher might seem over-embellished, creepy, and in need of a good housecleaning.  Oil lamps and religious-looking do-dads hang everywhere and the air is filled with incense. Some of the...

Mount Zion majestically rises like a ship’s prow over the valleys of Gehenna and Central, but even the Kidron Valley and Mount of Olives are visible from its height. Also visible, like a livid scar running along a crease in Gehenna is Potter’s Field.  In Old Testament...

(from Crosswalk.com) When sun shines on the limestone walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, the rocks emit a rosy golden hue as if the blood of life pulsated through stone capillaries. From a strictly geological point-of-view, it is because Jerusalem limestone contains...