Mark Dever – Growing Healthy Churches and Ministries (TGCA Vic)

Spiritual Travel

When I was a student at a theological college, I attended a church in an affluent part of Sydney. I met a lovely ‘empty nest’ couple who had just returned from a tour of the Holy Land (Israel/Palestine). They shared how spiritually enriching it had been for them—to be in the places where Jesus walked and talked, suffered and died, rose and appeared had ‘brought it all to life’ for them. They enthused, ‘Every theological student should tour the Holy Land—it would do so much for their faith and their ministry.’ I offered to help them test their thesis if...