by Tony W. Cartledge | May 14, 2015 | Opinion
It started cool, warmed up, rained for a bit, got toasty, then turned downright chilly — that’s what happens when you travel from Capernaum on the north side of the Sea of Galilee to Beth Shean, then on down to Jericho (1,000 feet below sea level), and end...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 13, 2015 | Opinion
The sea was gorgeous, the food was fine, and nobody got sick. How’s that for a good day? The third full day of touring for participants in the 2015 Campbell Divinity School Bible Lands Study Tour got under way with a visit to Beth Shearim, where a number of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 12, 2015 | Opinion
Day Two for the Campbell Divinity School study tour of Israel and the West Bank was typical in terms of time — on the bus before 8:00 a.m., past 6:30 p.m. before returning. We didn’t see any rain today, but many of us got wet nonetheless. Along the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 11, 2015 | Opinion
Campbell University Divinity School’s 2015 Bible Lands Study Tour got off to an eventful and unusual start: for part of the afternoon, it rained like crazy. “You don’t need to bring an umbrella,” I had assured everyone. In Israel, it hardly ever rains in May.” It has...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 7, 2015 | Opinion
Today was the official “National Day of Prayer,” so designated by the U.S. Congress in 1952 — a period of evangelical fervor that also saw “under God” added to the pledge of allegiance (1954) and “In God We Trust” adopted as a...
