Unraveling Revelation: Sinai, Mecca, and Petra
2023-11-20
THE SITE of the climactic scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade may be where Moses (and later, Muhammad) changed the course of human history.Continue Reading
SciFriday: Mecca Was Not in Arabia
2022-10-28
WE WRAP our six-week series based on our last tour of Israel with a look at the incredible city of the Nabataean Arabs, Petra.Continue Reading
Unraveling Revelation: Petra and the Original Kaaba
2022-10-24
WE WRAP our six-week series based on our last tour of Israel with a look at the incredible city of the Nabataean Arabs, Petra.Continue Reading
SciFriday: The Holy Land and Giants’ Tombs
2021-07-09
We revisit what we did on our summer vacation (three years ago): Historic sites and megalithic marvels in Israel, Jordan, Rome, and Sardinia.
The red heifer
2021-04-25
WE HUMANS are blinded by sight. That is, our natural senses often prevent us from seeing what’s really going on around us in the spirit realm.Continue Reading
The evil report
2021-04-11
IT’S EASY to criticize the Hebrews of Moses’ day for their lack of faith. After all, hadn’t they seen the plagues that compelled Egypt to let them go, the parting of the Red Sea, and the manna that miraculously appeared six days a week?
Seeing God face to face
2020-09-27
MANY OF US have been taught that it isn’t possible to see God with our natural eyes and live. How do we reconcile that with the account of God personally eating a meal with Moses, Aaron, and the seventy elders of Israel?
The Ten Commandments
2020-09-13
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS were the first instructions given to Moses upon Israel’s arrival at Sinai. And the first command was “you shall have no other gods before me.”
Sinai, Sîn, and saying their name
2020-08-30
THE WILDERNESS OF SIN had nothing to do with naughtiness in the desert. It was, in fact, a reference to the moon-god Sîn, which is likely why Moses mentioned the day of the month Israel entered the desert (15th day of the second month, when the moon was full).
