NEW! EYE ON ISRAEL: A DISCERNING TOUR OF THE HOLY LAND
Any Christian who longs to visit Israel to ‘walk in the footsteps of Jesus’ must act with discernment. There are many less than scrupulous operators who aim to earn a quick shekel or two by taking tourists to a series of ‘Christian’ attractions - most of which are fake.
To arm you against being duped, here’s a list of the most Biblically-accurate Christian sights in Israel. We’ve deliberately steered clear of shrines, churches, relics and bottles of ‘holy water’ in order to help you have the most authentic, Bible-based Christian experience possible in the Holy Land today.
KARYN MARKWELL's new blog on Israel... |
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WORK TO EAT OR EAT TO WORK?; NUCLEAR-PROOF REAL ESTATE; AND RISE OF THE KANGATARIANS
It sounds like an ideal job. A UK-based company has reportedly advertised a position for someone to eat - and more than they usually would. Proactol Ltd, which makes a weight loss product, says the successful candidate will be paid £23,000 a year to eat 16 per cent more calories a week than they usually do while introducing its weight loss product in their diet at the same time.
DAVID
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 THE COMMUNITY OF THE FORGIVEN
I love the idea of the church being a community of the forgiven. The truth which is bandied about - and which I used to see on bumper stickers - of Christians being ‘not perfect, just forgiven’ makes me cringe because it is so often seen as an excuse for our own hypocrisy. At the same time however, there is a freedom and attractiveness about the fact that we can be part of a community that genuinely cares. Larry Crabb calls it the safest place on earth and that’s exactly what the church is called to be.
NILS VON KALM'S blog on faith, life and how it all might fit together... |
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 ANCIENT ROAD DISCOVERED IN JERUSALEM
Upon entering Jerusalem’s Old City through the Jaffa Gate, you are enveloped in the bustling and colorful David Street, lined with souvenirs shops and local shopkeepers. Now, an archaeological dig has confirmed that this very street has been on the map, literally, for 1,500 years.
The Israel Antiquities Authority announced the find earlier this month. At the time, the thoroughfare was 4.5 meters below the current street level. The road dates from the time when Jerusalem became a Christian city in the Byzantine era. While other locations on the Madaba Map have been discovered, the road had remained hidden until now.
NICOLE JANSEZIAN, of Travelujah, reports for Assist News Service... |
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 HOW NICE...
I occasionally throw a question out on Facebook to prompt some discussion so thought I'd send it out through the blog too. It may seem a little 'unChristian', perhaps provocative. But I've just been thinking....
Question: Do I have to be 'nice' 'cos I am a 'Christian'? Can I be honest and respectful and bold? Or do I have to be 'nice'? I don't like nice...It's like a dead fish handshake.
My anti-nice sentiment at the moment is actually springing out of the fact that I have been disappointed to experience, in Christian community, and even in the wider community, an avoidance of direct commentary or activism on areas of our society and communication that are destructive or anti-Christ.
ANN
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This
year, the world celebrates 200 years since the abolition of
the legal slave trade in England. Why should we mark this
anniversary?
"(Within the church) I don’t think there’s
an apathy in trying to work hard or build something or make
something work but I think that when it comes to really trusting
Jesus, for some reason we have just kind of subtly fallen
into the belief that Christ alone is not sufficient; that
we need Christ plus other things to help us or we’re
not going to get it done; that God alone is not going to be
enough to reach this culture. I’m in my forties but
I’m finding guys younger than me are really trying to
find some kind of method or program or strategy that will
help them become the next Hillsong or something like that.
God’s not always trying to build a Hillsong or a Times
Square church, sometimes He wants the church to be 200 people
that are really serving the community faithfully and reaching
prisoners or homeless kids. God is very creative and has different
callings on different lives."
9th
May, 2005
