Holy Ground (Summer 2020)
a ten-week virtual tour of israel and palestine
Holy Ground: Mount of Beatitudes
August 9, 2020 • Pastor Tim Breen
Today we visit the beautiful Galilean countryside where tradition holds that Jesus presented the Sermon on the Mount. Pastor Tim will explore Jesus' notion of True Blessings as we listen to the voice of the Great Teacher. Text: Matthew 5:1-11
Holy Ground: Arad
July 12, 2020 • Pastor Tim Breen
Holy Ground, our pilgrimage through the Lands of the Bible, continues in the Judean city of Arad. Here, Pastor Tim will explore the theology of the temple and what it means that Jesus's Church is the new residence for God's Holy Name. Text: Deuteronomy 12 and Matthew 27
Holy Ground: Qumran
July 5, 2020 • Pastor Mark Haverdink
We continue our tour of the Holy Lands and stop today in a remote area where faithful followers of God committed themselves to the study of God's Word. Later, much later in fact near this community called Qumran ancient Biblical texts (the Dead Sea Scrolls) were discovered validating the authenticity of God's Word, the Bible. Text: 2 Timothy 3:16 and Isaiah 40:6-8