Category Archives: Theology

Bet She’an National Park

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Jeff Block

Located 30 minutes south of the southernmost tip of the Sea of Galilee, we stopped at Bet She’an as part of our pilgrimage to Jerusalem. This is the site of the largest archeological dig in Israel. It really was magnificent. … Continue reading →

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Yardenit (Baptismal Site on the Jordan River)

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Jeff Block

One unbelievable opportunity presented to everyone on the tour was to be baptized in the Jordan River. Yardenit, just south of the Sea of Galilee where the Jordan exits to head south to the Dead Sea, is a place dedicated … Continue reading →

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Mount of the Beatitudes

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Jeff Block

After another olive oil soaked breakfast, we made our way to the Mount of the Beatitudes to a spot near where Jesus is believed to have delivered the Sermon on the Mount. There is of course a church built there … Continue reading →

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Capernaum, Jesus’ Adult Home

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Jeff Block

After lunch, we back around to the northern end of the Sea of Galilee to visit Capernaum. One of the things I have definitely been finding disturbing is that every place Jesus did anything significant in Israel now has a … Continue reading →

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In the Golan Heights, on the border between Israel and Syria

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Jeff Block

We took a short detour on our way back to the Sea of Galilee (where we’d spend the rest of the day) to get a better view of the Golan Heights and the Syrian border. We stopped at a produce … Continue reading →

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Caesarea Philippi

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Jeff Block

From Tel Dan, we headed east just a few miles to Caesarea Philippi – founded by Philip, one of the three sons of Herod the Great during the time Jesus walked the earth. Since then, it has been renamed Banius … Continue reading →

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