A Christmas Season Message from Jesus Christ
Christ has a message for us during the Christmas season that reflects his passion for truth at any cost
Why First-Century Messianic Beliefs Matter to Us, Part 2 of 3
Dec 2, 2019
why the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven meant so much to Christ’s audiences in the first century, and why it matters to us
Why Jesus Called Simon Peter “Satan”
Dec 10, 2018
The Kingdom of God was a common concept in first century Judaism and Satan wasn’t that evil. So Christ’s teachings reflect this background.
Changes for my website
Praise the Lord! My students finished helping me with the latest technology and now I’ll be busy all summer with improving my presentations and organizing my material to significantly improve your experience here. If you want to keep tabs on the latest edits, check out the bottom of my blog index.
Latest Posts
- Putting out a Fleece, Casting Lots, and Choosing that Hill to Die on February 24, 2020
- False Humility in the NT, Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha, Part 3 of 3 February 17, 2020
- False Humility in the NT, Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha, Part 2 of 3 February 10, 2020
- False Humility in the NT, Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha, Part 1 of 3 February 3, 2020
- Christ’s Temptation as our Inspiration January 26, 2020
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My Plans for Blogging
My story of forgiveness and healing is quite unrelated to envisioning the Bible world. But since our world is sin and pain infested, I suspect many will want to hear more about my personal experience. I anticipate writing a couple of blogs about this, but mostly I’ll focus on envisioning the Bible world.
Did you read your Bible lately?
Heather, Christmas 2021
Plans for Improved Website:
The following documentary links are gradually going to disappear from here this summer, appearing instead under the menu option “Tour Israel.” There, I’ll cover more introduction and pictures to the areas these links cover.
Documentary Links
- Caesarea Maritima – Intro to Archaeology (7 m. 7 s.)
- Caesarea Maritima – Stories from the Bible (12 m. 30 s.)
- Megiddo Part 1 (1 m. 31 s.)
- Megiddo Part 2 (1 m. 44 s.)
- Valley of Armageddon (10 m. 32 s.)
- Desert and science potential (6 m. 45 s.)
- Limitations of Archaeology (4 m. 23 s.)
- Interpretations of Archaeology (5 m. 32 s.)
- Archaeology at the Church in Nazareth (1 m. 50 s.)
- Nazareth Village, Part 1 (2 m. 17 s.)
- Nazareth Village, Part 2 (2 m. 38 s.)
- Nazareth Village, Part 3 (3 m. 14 s.)
- Nazareth Village, Part 4 (4 m. 2 s.)
- Sepphoris (4 m. 4 s.)
- Capernaum, Introduction (3 m. 57 s.)
- Capernaum, Part 2 (3 m. 40 s.)
- Capernaum, Part 3 (4 m. 51 s.)
- Capernaum, Part 4 (1 m. 47 s.)
- Sea of Galilee (2 m. 59 s.)
- Crucifixion (5 m. 57 s.)
- Qasrin, Part 1 (2 m. 17 s.)
- Qasrin, Part 2 (57 s.)
- Qasrin, Part 3 (1 m. 5 s.)
- Qasrin, Part 4 (1 m. 28 s.)
- Christ’s Ministry Elsewhere (4 m. 14 s.)
- Zealots, Part 1 (1 m. 46 s.)
- Zealots, Part 2 (1 m. 3 s.)
- Jerusalem (4 m. 41 s.)
- Locations for Christs Crucifixion, Part 1 (3 m. 44 s.)
- Locations for Christ’s Crucifixion, Part 2 (2 m. 16 s.)
- Locations for Christ’s Crucifixion, Part 3 (5 m. 1 s.)
- Temple Mount/Christ’s Temptations, Part 1 (3 m. 18 s.)
- Temple Mount/Christ’s Temptations, Part 2 (1 m. 51 s.)
- Temple Mount/Christ’s Temptations, Part 3 (1 m. 29 s.)
- Temple Mount/Christ’s Temptations, Part 4 (1 m. 40 s.)
- Temple Mount/Christ’s Temptations, Part 5 (36 s.)
- Temple Mount, Southern Steps (3 m. 19 s.)
- Temple Mount (3 m. 2 s.)
- Against hypocrisy, Part 1 (3 m. 27 s.)
- Against hypocrisy, Part 2 (3 m. 54 s.)
- Against hypocrisy, Part 3 (3 m. 18 s.)
- Corruption of Leadership (5 m. 26 s.)
- Destroying the Temple Mount (2 m. 7 s.)
- Traveling dangers and difficulties (4 m. 30 s.)
- Earthquakes in Israel (3 m. 28 s.)
- Epilogue (2 m. 17 s.)