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A Boy’s Tale, Complete Part I, “The Wedding”
About A Boy’s Tale To my mind, one of history’s – especially Christian history’s – most under-appreciated personalities is Mark the Evangelist. Oh, we’ve heard of him well enough, but only as the author of the Gospel bearing his name. … Continue reading
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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 5
V Papa brought the jar to the table and Aunt Tabaitha asked him to fill our cups. “This is some of the last of my father’s wine,” she said, turning to me, “Your great-grandfather was the best winemaker in Palestine. … Continue reading
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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 4
IV We rose with the sun the next morning, broke our fast with bread and more delicious stew from the previous night, and were quickly on our way. The boy had reloaded the animals for us, and we discovered, after … Continue reading
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Tagged First Century Palestine, Israel, Jezreel, John the Baptist, Mount Gilboa, Pella, Tabaitha, winemaker
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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 3
III I always enjoyed our stopovers in Bethel. It was the one place where we stayed in a real roadhouse, and that was only because it was run by an old Greek soldier named Legolas who my father had known … Continue reading
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Tagged Andew, Baptism, First Century Palestine, Galilee, John Mark, John the Baptist, Legolas, Mark the Evangelist, River Jordan, Roadhouse, Simon Peter
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