In June 2025, a month before At-Home Seminary was published, God introduced Shelley and me to the existence of “book fairs”. Prior to that, neither of us had heard of them. That summer we visited two book fairs in Michigan, one in Novi, and one in Detroit. We often pray about what God has next …
Israel Journey – Day 10
Wednesday, November 12th Day 10 We remained in Jerusalem for our final day of the “Jonathan Cahn 2025 Israel Super Tour.” It is the very city to which Jesus had purposed to go (e.g. see Luke 9:51), where he cleared the temple (Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46), where He was tried (Matthew 26:57-68; Mark …
Israel Journey – Day 9
Tuesday, November 11th Day 9 The next day’s tour began at the “Temple Mount” in Old Jerusalem, where the holy Temple of God had stood, and where YESHUA HAMASHIACH will return to reign forever. The Temple Mount is considered to be a holy site in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faiths. Non-Muslim visitors are able …
Israel Journey – Day 8
Monday, November 10th Day 8 See the first picture below for the view of Jerusalem from our hotel room window this morning. Due to some reported unrest in Samaria, the tour company (Aliyah) canceled the day’s planned itinerary. Instead, after breakfast, we loaded the busses to begin the day shopping at a gift shop in …
Israel Journey – Day 7
Sunday, November 9th Day 7 Shortly after waking and enjoying the view from our room (see the 1st picture below), Shelley, Becky and I headed out to relax and float in the Dead Sea before breakfast. It was truly a special and unique experience. See the 2nd and 3rd pictures below. It was also a …
Israel Journey – Day 6
Saturday, November 8th Day 6 After breakfast, we continued our journey by driving to “Yardenit”, a popular baptismal site on the banks of the Jordan River near the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee. Several of our fellow tour guests chose to get baptized there. (See the first picture below). However, Shelley and I …
Israel – Day 5
Friday, November 7th Day 5 The next day we remained in the Galilee region. Our guide, Henry and his family live on a kibbutz in the area. So, he had been able to hop off the bus on our way back to the hotel yesterday evening, and spend the night with his wife and young …
Israel Journey – Day 4
Thursday, November 6th Day 4 We had another 5:00 am start to the day. Since we are spending three nights at the Leonardo Club Hotel near the Sea of Galilee, we could have slept in at least another ½ hour. But, I needed to wash some clothes, so the extra time awake was well spent. …
Israel – Day 3
Wednesday, November 5th Day 3 The next morning we were up at 5:00 am in order to shower, dress, pack our bags, and be at breakfast by 6:30 for our first full day in Israel. We brought our bags down to the lobby, leaving the handles extended, as our tour guide had advised us to …
Israel Journey – Day 2
Tuesday, November 4th Day 2: In my initial post about our journey to Israel, I neglected to explain how we were led to go there. Earlier in the fall, friends had told us about their plans to participate in a tour of Israel with Jonathan Cahn, and invited us to pray about joining them. They …
