Pastor Shawn Thornton Group 2009
From here we climbed up to Nazareth. A modern day city bustling with people and cars. It is here Mary was told she would give birth to God’s Son and it is here that Jesus was raised. A young evangelical seminary student (from Nazareth Evangelical Seminary) led us on a tour of a recreated village of Nazareth as it would have been in Jesus day.
Fabulous young man who deeply loves Jesus who did an unbelievable job making sayings, parables, and stories of Christ come to life with simple objects and life size building replicas. Great visit.
Chaplewood Church Visit 2010-03-07
Our tour guide was Rani, a 32-year old Arab who grew up in Nazareth and became a Christian in 2000. He married a girl from Rockwall, Texas!! He is now attending seminary in Nazareth. We ended our time with him by praying together. He was very knowledgeable about village life in the first century and helped us understand many of the rural nuances of Jesus’ teaching. For example, he showed us that there was a sight built into an ancient yoke that the farmer used to line up his oxen to plow straight rows. If you took your eyes off your yoke sight, you “got a mess.” This made sense of when Jesus said, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:62). Like most museums, this one ended in the gift shop where lots of shopping took place!
Christians in the Holy Land
By Thea Haavet
" What we learned from Jews, Muslims, and Arab Christians as we traced the footsteps of Christ in Galilee. "
By Gerald McDermottSpeaking Engagements:
"How can I be an Ambassador of Peace?"
At a Messianic Youth Meeting in Nazareth Illit Congregation
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