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Join Doc and Kate As We Follow The Biblical Life of Jesus In Israel ’26!
Imagine Walking Where Jesus Walked! Join us in Israel, departing LAX on November 30, 2025 for 10 days filled with the sights and sounds, the places and peoples of Israel! We will be at the Mediterranean Sea, Caesar by the … Continue reading
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Tagged 000, Beit Shean, Bethlehem, Caesar by the Sea, Caiaphas’ house (Peter Galicanto), Cana, Capernau, Compound of Joseph of Arimathea, Corozim, Galilee, Garden Tomb, Golgotha, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish Quarter (Menorah Square), Kursi, Magdala, Mediterranean Sea, Mount of Olives, Nazareth, Old City of David, Pilate’s Palace, Pool of Siloam, Prayer Garden of Gethsemane, Temple Mount, The Feeding of the 5, The Gates of Hell, Tiberius, Upper Room, Western Wall, Western Wall Master Course Stones, Yardinet (Jordan River), Zippori
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Disciples freely accept financial support from their disciples!
Money. It’s amazing what happens when you begin to talk about it in the fellowship. When pastors bring it up, people within the congregation begin to talk about the fact that he’s always after their finances for himself. When you … Continue reading
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Tagged bills, church, congregation, cost, disciple, donors, Finance, generous, heart, Jesus, king of kings, lord of lords, ministry, miser, mission, support
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Disciples call people to repent or perish!
Everywhere we go, religious people, Church People, seem to think that they are better than other people. It was true in Bible days. The Pharisees really thought they were better than everybody else yet were so judgmental and critical of … Continue reading
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Tagged change, Church People, condemn, critical, failure, flaws, foolishness, forgiveness, hope, humility, inventoryy, Jesus, judgmental, lifestyle, mind, mistake, perfect, perish, Pharisees, pray, pretend, religious, repent, sanctimonious, self-righteous, sin, tragedy, wicked
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Happy Thanksgiving 2025 to All!
Kate and I and the whole EIL Team are so thankful to God for all He has done in the past year and all we anticipate Him doing in the coming year! Stay tuned for announcements about: 2026 is shaping … Continue reading
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Disciples judge what is right on their own initiative so as to prevent their own serious consequences and/or loss!
So many have misinterpreted the Matthew 7 passage about, “Do not judge lest you be judged.” But a careful understanding of that passage and context makes one realize that Jesus is saying that the judgments we use are supposed to … Continue reading
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Tagged choose, command, consequences, critically, disciple, foolsih, immature, infantile, interpretation, judge, judgment, knowledge, loss, Matthew 7, mid-course correction, pilots, right, shallow, teaching, thikn, understanding, wisdom
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Disciples are to intelligently interpret this present time better than they determine the weather
Weather. If we listen very long to meteorologists, we often find out that they are not The Weatherman! They will predict something and then, it seems like, God just says, “I don’t think so!” and changes what happens. However, many … Continue reading
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Tagged actors, Bible, Church People, disciple, Holy Spirit, hypocrites, mission, navigate, pagan, pretenders, reading schedule, religious, role, Spirit of God, understanding the times, weather, will of God, Word of God
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Disciples make banking investments in Heaven for greater wealth for themselves there by depositing into local ATMs called the poor around them
One of the least taught truths in discipleship is the fact that the greatest use for our money is investment. And “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays … Continue reading
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Tagged ATM, bank account, banking, benefits, compound interest, deposit, disciple, discipleship, Einstein, eternal life, eternity, giving, heaven, money, motivation, poor, truth
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Disciples teach that anxiety as to what one will eat or drink is a mark of a Pagan mindset
Anxiety. In the United States approximately one out of five people are on some form of anti-depressant prescriptions! People all around us are struggling with worry and fear because they do not know or do not have any security or … Continue reading
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Tagged afraid, anti-depressant, anxiety, assurance, being, communicable, coward, cowardly, cry out, disconnection, dissonance, feaqr, forgiveness, heart, heaven, infection, intimidated, Jesus, love, miserable, peace, repentance, security, selfish, selfish ambition, soul, valuable, wicked, worry
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Disciples warn against every form of greed!
Money, money, money! Can you hear the sound of the music in the background? So many people today are driven by their love and their greed for money. And of course, even Solomon agrees that, “Money is the answer to … Continue reading
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Tagged assignment, Christ, craving, dignostic, emotions, eternity, evil, faith, generosity, godiness, greed, heaven, Jesus, Lake of Fire, life, love, mission, moeny, needy, pain, poor, possessions, promotion, rewards, wealth
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Disciples don’t fear humans who can murder them!
Death. bring up the subject and watch how chilly the room becomes. People don’t wanna talk about it. People avoid it. And the reason people avoid it is very simple: They simply do not know what will happen to them … Continue reading
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Tagged abundant, attacked, authority, Bible, Christian, consequences, death, disciple, distorted, enemies, eternal life, faith, God, hope, incarcerate, insults, Jesus, life, Marriage Feast of the Lamb
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