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Hearing or Listening? Sand or Rock?

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Two Christians: one decides to do armed robbery and the other tries to talk him out of it while being held up at gunpoint. What’s the difference between the two?
Click here to see the video of the armed robbery.

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Truthful Faith

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

There are many reasons why people turn to a faith in Jesus Christ. Are all those decisions really sincere and produce a changed life?

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Oil Slick Mess

Monday, June 14th, 2010

So much oil and no end in sight. What can we do?

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How Long to Date

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

How long should the dating phase be before deciding to get married? Is there an ideal timetable for dating and marriage?

Tags: Christianity, dating, Emotions, love, relationships
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Israel Day 8

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Day 8 included the Southern Steps, the Christian Quarter, Via Dolorosa, St. Anne’s Church & Pool of Bethesda

: Teaching at the Southern Steps

: Morning teaching on the steps.

: Worship

: Teaching on the Steps with the Jerusalem skyline in the background

: Teaching that its not a place that we worship, but Jesus himself!

: Leading the group in prayer before we start the day exploring the old city.

: At the very spot where doves were sold for an offering, a pure white dove watches over our service.

: Pastor Greg Laurie makes a surprise appearance. He begins a tour with his church this week also.

: The Via Dolorosa is the 14 stops along the way that Jesus took as he carried the cross.

: Olive wood nativity scenes next to menorahs of every size.

: The door and inscription at the 6th station of the cross.

: The inscription at the 6th station of the Via Dolorosa.

: Holy sights coexist directly next to grafitti filled alleys.

: Pilgrims re-enact the route that Jesus took as he carried the cross.

: In the Muslim Quarter you feel like you are on a movie set, but its real.

: A Muslim woman sells her crop.

: An ancient arch intersects one of the churches erected to commemerate one of the stations of the cross.

: The Pool of Bethsaida where Jesus healed.

: Like it says on the sign, this spot is the traditional birthplace of the mother of Jesus.

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Israel Day 7

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Day 7 included Masada (where Herod had a personal palace), En Gedi (think David & Saul-1 Sam. 23:29), Dead Sea and Golgotha.

: Herod’s personal palace on Masada

: Herod’s palace on Masada

: Teaching at En Gedi

: Teaching at En Gedi, where David cut off a piece of Sauls robe in a cave. The Dead Sea is in the background.

: At En Gedi above the Dead Sea

: Worship at En Gedi

: Worship at En Gedi

: The wilderness at En Gedi. The traditional spot of the the cave that David cut a piece of Sauls robe in a cave.

: The cave at Qumran where several of the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

: Enjoying a Dead Sea float

: The possible hill that Jesus was crucified on

: The possible tomb used by Jesus, adjacent to Golgotha

: Inside the tomb where Jesus may have laid.

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Israel Day 6

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Day 6 included the Mount of Olives, Dominus Flevit, Palm Sunday Road, Garden of Gethsemane, & Yad Vashem

: The view of the Dome of the Rock from the Mount of Olives.

: A beggar makes his way up the hill on the Palm Sunday road on the Mount of Olives.

: Teaching in the Garden of Gathsemene.

: Teaching in the Garden of Gathsemene.

: These red poppy’s in the Garden of Gathsemene represent the “sweat like great drops of blood” that Jesus left there on the night of his arrest.

: These steps were most likley used to take Jesus inside the house of Ciaphas to be judged and keep in the prison overnight.

: A Rabbi teaches a bible study at the tomb of David.

: The Western Wall or Wailing Wall.

: A Rabbi outside the entrance to the wall.

: Skylar Pearcy makes his first visit to the wall to leave a prayer on a tiny piece of paper, and pray with his Dad.

: Inside the “men only” section of the Western Wall.

: Orthodox Jews meet to read the Torah.

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Israel pt. 5

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Day 5: Gideon’s Spring, Bet Shean, Mount Scopus Overlook & Model City.

: On the road to Bet Shean

: Base of Bet Shean

: Greek influence at Bet Shean

: Pillars at Bet Shean

: Greek Bath house at Bet Shean

: Dead Tree praising God

: Pillar at Bet Shean

: Bet Shean structure destroyed by earth quake.

: largest theater discovered in Israel

: Gideon’s Spring!! “Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart” Judges 7:5

: Gideon’s Spring

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Israel pt. 4

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Day 4 of the trip included visits to Golan Heights/Kunitra Overlook, Caesarea Philippi & Tel Dan.

: Pagan worship shrines carved in the rock bluff at Caesarea Phillippi.

: This is Pillar pagan worship at Caesara Phillippi. Peter, in this place false worship & idolitary confessed that Jesus is the “Son of the living God” Matt. 16:16

: Rock bluff at Caesarea Philippi- It was here Jesus said: “On this rock I will build my church” Matt 16:18

: Rock bluff at Caesarea Philippi

: Source of the River Dan that becomes Jordan.

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Israel pt. 3

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Day 3. The Mount of Beatitudes, Peter’s Mother-in-Law’s house, Capernaum and the Sea of Galilee.

: Day 3: On our way to Mt. of Beatitudes

: Day 3: Church built by Catholics on traditional spot for Sermon on the Mount

: Day 3: Pastor Bob teaching at Mt. of Beatitudes

: Day 3: Stain Glass window in the Mt. Beatitudes Catholic Church

: Day 3: Entering Capernaum

: Day 3: The ruins of Peters Mother in Law’s house. The Catholics built a church on top of it with a glass floor to be able to see the ruins.

: Day 3: Ruins of the synagogue at Capernaum

: Day 3: Ruins of the original synagogue during Jesus’ time. It was destroyed and the new one was built on top of it.

: Day 3: Intricate carvings of Jewish symbols that were used in the synagogue at Capernaum.

: Day 3: Inside the Church at St. Peters Primacy. A church built to mark the spot that Jesus ate the fish that were caught in John 21, after he was resurrected. They built a church over the stone table that is the traditional site.