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Why Jesus’ Genealogy Matters To Me

Have you started the New Year with a Bible-Read-Thru plan? If so, you’ve undoubtedly hit a family tree by now. Whether starting with Genesis or using a combination plan that suggests Old and New Testaments with Psalms/Proverbs, you probably came to a family tree with those funny names within the first week of reading. Why did God record all those ...

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It’s All About The Guide – Luke 1 Devotional

[Do the guide schools in Israel teach all guides to hold their hands like that when they talk? Sorry, off topic…] Israel, Then & Now Imagine twenty-plus years ago. March 2000. We had dodged the Y2K panic and flown safely across the Atlantic; endured a 9-hour layover in Munich, Germany; and were three days into our first tour of Israel. ...

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It’s All About The Guide – Sample Patreon Devotional

[Do the guide schools in Israel teach all guides to hold their hands like that when they talk? Sorry, off topic…] Israel, Then & Now Imagine twenty-plus years ago. March 2000. We had dodged the Y2K panic and flown safely across the Atlantic; endured a 9-hour layover in Munich, Germany; and were three days into our first tour of Israel. ...

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Christmas Lost – And Found! by Tessa Afshar

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Thanksgiving: Past and Present by Brennan McPherson

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Christmas Lost – And Found! by Tessa Afshar

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Was Assyria’s King Sennacherib Married to a Hebrew?

The bronze (originally gold-plated) relief above commemorates the restoration of Babylon by Esarhaddon, ca. 681-669 BC. Some scholars believe his mama was Hebrew. Can you see the short, chubby mama (center of pic) standing behind her strapping young son? Yep, that’s Naqi’a-Zakutu (called simply Naqia in Isaiah’s Legacy). Why was she important enough to etch into a relief found in the temple of ...

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Isaiah’s Martyrdom—How To Sift The Research

Do you see the rabbi at the left? He’s studying a scroll—likely written in ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek—with history and traditions I know only a little about. Though I’d love to research in those original languages, I’m limited to English and lots of study aids.   See the little girl at right? That’s how I feel about painting pictures ...

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Did Assyria Really Use War Dogs?

Are you an animal lover? I am. Especially dogs. And I love researching their historical significance and including it in my books. I first learned about Assyria and Babylon’s use of war dogs from reading Tessa Afshar’s book, Harvest of Rubies. I knew from that moment on, if I ever wrote a book that took my characters to Assyria, I’d include ...

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How Does Manasseh’s HFA Translate to Biblical Culture?

I was an Indiana girl until my husband’s career took us to the Pacific Northwest (PNW) in our forties. After a lifetime of living amid cornfields, Mt. Hood stood majestically outside my living room window for nine years. It translated into a real love affair with mountains. When we moved to the North Carolina (NC) mountains in 2016, our new ...

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