How can God be both a Father and a Son at the same time? It's no wonder that Jews and/or Muslims and others find this idea so odd, they label it as polytheism, and even a great sin. But Jesus isn't a son in the way that...
It was my joy to travel with Jared a few weeks ago and visit the Noah's Ark National Park. It is also called the 'Durupinar site' after the Turkish army captain Ilhan Durupinar who identified it. We had a great time in visiting and thinking about...
A plane has a flight path which is set. It also has a runway, a determined place to land. Are our lives like that? Is there a path determined for us to fly along, and a place determined for us to land at? Here is what...
Do Muslims, Jews and Christians have the same God? Each of the three belief systems trace their history back to Abraham, who despite all odds, surrounded by pagan idolatry came to find the one true God, the Lord. From Abraham came Isaac, then Jacob, then the...
The city of Sanliurfa, (pronounced Shan Lurfa) located in Turkey, was prior to World War I known simply as Urfa. It is believed by many people to be the place where Abraham was born. Urfa even sounds like Ur, the city the Bible records as...
Over the last few weeks, David and Jared have been in Turkey. The goal was two-fold. Firstly to pray for the spiritual needs of this land with so many Bible connections, and secondly to do some video blogging and recording for the Youtube. Spiritually, the land...
In Abraham's day everyone loved idols. In fact it seemed to be the way of the whole world. No matter what age of history, archaeologists are always digging up idols. Idols in the Palaeolithic era. Idols in the Neolithic era. Idols in the Chalcolithic era. Idols in the Bronze...
Does the story of the Wise Men in the Matthew's gospel, validate the idea that astrology is ok? It seems for some people they think it does, but reading the Bible story a bit closer helps us see it otherwise. The ‘Magi’ of Matthew 2:1 were wise...
Walking in the woods recently I spotted a tree with three stems. It was clearly one tree, but also sort of like three trees at the same time. Technically this would be called a 'multi-stem' tree, and its a common enough thing. Immediately I thought...
When the disciples asked Jesus 'how many times should I forgive?' they even suggested what seemed like a generous answer to their own question...
