Back from Israel
— Thursday, January 8th, 2009 —
I’m jet-lagged, grumpy, and weak as a kitten. The whirlwind trip to Israel is now over and I’m back on American soil. I’ll be posting some thoughts here in the days to come, thoughts that grew out of the preaching and teaching I did at the various locales in Galilee, Jerusalem, and points in between.
In the meantime, let me just say how appreciative I am to my guest-bloggers Jim Hamilton, Timothy Paul Jones, and Phillip Bethancourt for keeping Moore to the Point hopping while I was away. I don’t think I could ever have imagined a post on whether or not to preach the superscriptions in the Psalms, but here it was, stirring the pot.
I am also very appreciative to my co-leader on the trip, Dr. Bill Cook, professor of New Testament here in Southern Seminary’s School of Theology. Professor Cook is my former pastor, since I was a member of his church, Ninth and O, until Highview called me to be one of the pastors there. Co-teaching and preaching with Dr. Cook was the highlight of the trip for me.
I really wish that I could have been there with you. I have always wanted to see and experience the Holy Land. Maybe one day….
Take care,
Richard
So glad you are home and had a good trip. Kept the prayer lines going much the same as when two of your uncles went years ago. Was looking through an old Bible a few days ago and came across their names I had written during prayer and Bible study while they were in Israel.
I’m glad to be back. We never, though, felt unsafe. Israeli fighter jets overhead and machine-gun toting soldiers on every street corner tend to give one an ambience of security!