We began our second full day in Jerusalem by driving to the east side of the city, straight up the Mount of Olives.  The ridge overlooking the Kidron Valley offers panoramic views of the old city of Jerusalem. The importance of the site for Christians can hardly be over-emphasized. It ... Continue

The sun rose over the Sea of Galilee about 5:45 a.m. and Dr. Tom Marberry and Paul Means were both there to capture it with their cameras. The rest of the group arose a bit later and some, well a couple, woke up a bit later than that. The day began ... Continue

Another beautiful day begins in the Galilee! Our bus drove up the west coast of the Sea of Galilee until we arrived at Hazor (pr. Hatezor), an ancient Canaanite city, dating to at least 3000 BC. Clearly a strategic and important city, Hazor was almost certainly a city that  Abraham ... Continue

We awoke to our first full day in Galilee. The Scots Hotel, where we are staying, began as a medical mission outreach of the Church of Scotland. Pictures on the wall and a well-done five minute introduction on TV, presents Dr. David Torrence, the Scottish doctor who worked to establish ... Continue

We awoke in Jericho to a beautiful morning and headed for a visit to tel Jericho, the archeological site which the British began excavating in the 1920's. Considered by many to be the oldest city in the world, Jericho has been inhabited for some 9000 years. It sits just across ... Continue

We awakened to our first full day in the Holy Land! Jericho. 846 ft. below sea level. Arguably the oldest city in the world. An oasis in the desert. Palm trees, springs, wells, water. But the oasis is small, surrounded by dry, barren land. Jericho is part of the Palestinian Territory ... Continue

We headed south from Petra early this morning and drove about 80 miles straight to Aqaba, the only port city that Jordan has on the Red Sea. Aqaba is not only a major commercial port but it boasts some of the finest beaches and best scuba diving in the world. ... Continue

A few years ago, Harrison Ford, as "Indiana Jones," galloped through the gigantic geological cleft called the Siq, at the entrance of ancient Petra in Jordan, in search of the Holy Grail.He didn't find it, of course, but he came face-to-face with that magnificent royal tomb called the "Treasury of ... Continue

We boarded the bus in Amman and headed southwest about 50 miles to the city of Madaba, the fifth largest city in Jordan (pop. 60,000). The town was once a Moabite border city, mentioned in the Bible in Numbers 21:30 and Joshua 13:9. As we walked to a Greek Orthodox Church in the city, young ... Continue

A beautiful day began this morning in Amman, Jordan, our first full day in this remarkable city. We began with a tour of the Acropolis, a name that means "a city up high" (a cemetery is known as a necropolis: "a city of the dead"; and Amman is in the ... Continue