On the Road to Damascus

Filed under: Weekly Jib Jab — zac at 9:10 am on Thursday, January 31, 2008

I have returned home from my trip; how nice it is to be home. I left Denver on Sunday at around noon and arrived in Damascus, Syria on Monday afternoon. That gave me a long time to dwell on the trip and the significance of some of the places I would be. Perhaps the most significant biblical story about Damascus is Saul’s voyage there in Acts 9.

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Sergius Paulus

Filed under: Weekly Jib Jab — zac at 7:51 am on Thursday, January 10, 2008

As I prepare for my upcoming journey, I grow more and more excited about the places I will be visiting. Perhaps the place I anticipate as being the most scenic is the small island of Cyprus, which sits on the western edge of the Mediterranean Sea. This small island is sort of in-the-way of the trade routes on the Sea making it a common stop for travelers and traders. Cyprus appears to be the first stop for Paul and Barnabas on what is typically called their first missionary journey.

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Syrian Antioch

Filed under: Weekly Jib Jab — zac at 8:53 am on Thursday, January 3, 2008

In a couple of weeks, I will be traveling to the Middle East again. I do not expect any trip to be quite like my first trip to Israel and Jordan, but I am exceedingly excited. I will be visiting two countries I have never been to before; two countries that have a significant presence in the book of Acts.

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