Where it all began! King David moved the capital from Hebron to The City of David after he conquered it from the Jebusites. This was the original Jerusalem. Covered by centuries of dirt, the buried city was discovered under a potato field by Sir Charles Warren, a British military officer and archaeologist, sent to the […]
What is Love?
“What is love?” This is a question we all ask at some point in our life. Many people live their entire lives with a wrong understanding of what love is. When I conducted marriage preparation sessions with young, engaged couples, one of the first questions I would ask was, “Why do you want to get […]
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Bible Exploration A Roman Period theater mentioned by Josephus, first century Jewish historian, but never found by archaeologists has been discovered under Wilson’s Arch Synagogue at the Western Wall. As we have taken tours of the Western Wall Tunnel each year we have seen the digging go deeper and deeper with the goal of reaching the 1st Temple Period level (Solomon’s Temple). The area was […]
Shema – Theological Proposition or Call to Commitment?
“Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God; the Lord is One” (Dt 6:4). Every serious Jew recites this daily as a prayer of commitment to God. In Mark 12:29, Jesus quotes this verse in response to the question, “Which is the most important commandment?” This represents a significant criticism that Jews and Muslims have toward […]
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Bible Exploration “What Color Blue Did King Solomon Wear? New Evidence Tells Us.” A research study reports archaeologists discovered a 3000-year-old dyed fabric in Tina in the southern Negev desert dating to the 10th century B.C. This is the first evidence of the actual plants from which the dyes were acquired for ancient fabric dyeing. […]