Secrets from the Ancient Paths

When Jesus said, "Into your hands I commit my spirit," he was quoting Scripture.

The secret hidden in plain sight? Thousands of other people were quoting the same verse at the same moment!

"Secrets from the Via Dolorosa" ($20) is a great, pre-Easter read!

Watch this episode of our "Secrets from the Via Dolorosa" series and you might be overwhelmed with the absolutely perfect timing that happened on Good Friday.

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The last week of the life of Christ produced some of the worst villains in history. Judas Iscariot was one, of course, and so was Pontius Pilate, forever doomed to wash his hands in vain.

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But some of the villains on the Via Dolorosa are bound to surprise you!

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It's one of the most famous places in the Bible, but few people know all that much about the Garden of Gethsemane.

Now you can see the location and how that location helps us understand so much more about what happened there!

LifeWay's Vacation Bible School has a theme that's right down our trench line!

"Destination Dig" features the land of the Bible as an evidence of the Bible's historical trustworthiness.

We're offering five, short supplemental videos for you to use in your VBS any way you see fit.

Day One: Bethlehem

Day Two: Pool of Siloam

Day Three: Gethsemane

Day Four: The Resurrection

Day Five: The Bible is True!

Once you've downloaded the video, you can insert it into your presentation software and use it in a big assembly or in individual classrooms.

To view and download the videos, follow the link for each day. You'll find the download button below each video. Once you've downloaded the videos, just insert them into your presentation software for a great addition to this year's VBS schedule!

Want more free images from Israel? Visit ibiblestock.org! If you're really ambitious, you can use these images and our tutorials to make your own Destination Dig presentations!

Do you know the story of the woman who'd been caught in adultery? Jesus saved her by outfoxing the men who'd tried to trap him with her desperate situation.

Now you can see where this encounter happened. More importantly, you can see how close this condemned woman was to her own Via Dolorosa.

What happened to her ... could happen to you!

It's one of the most obvious "secrets" from the ancient paths that all too often escapes us.

The message of hope Jesus brought was for everyone.

In this, the second episode of our "Secrets from the Via Dolorosa" series, you'll see how Jesus shared his message with his own Jewish community, with pagan areas, inside the Roman Decapolis and in hated Samaria.

And just to make sure we got the message that no one is excluded from grace, he had a very special lunch in Jericho, just a week before his crucifixion.

There are so many lessons the land can give us about the Bible's most familiar stories. Ready for the first one?

Jesus didn't walk the famous "Via Dolorosa."

Except, of course, he did. But instead of a half-mile road inside the Old City of Jerusalem, his "Way of Suffering" was more than 100 miles in length and took a year or more to complete. Watch this fascinating video (12:49) to learn more!

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The land of the Bible has secrets waiting to be discovered, and sometimes, those "secrets" come from the sky!

Joshua's famous request that the sun and the moon should "stand still" can only be understood in the historical and cultural context of ancient history. Spend time with Pastor Andy Cook in this short lesson, and you'll never read Joshua 10 the same way again.

Even better, you may soon realize that the crisis in front of you might be a faith-fueled opportunity!

Ready for the most meaningful Easter celebration you've had in years?

Join Pastor Andy Cook for a new videocast series, "Secrets from the Via Dolorosa!" With new episodes each Sunday, the series begins February 14. You'll see the most famous street in Jerusalem and discover a world of "secrets" the land of the Bible has hidden in plain sight. Be sure to watch the short video we've posted here!

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When it comes to spiritual fitness, Jesus wasn't kidding around. Doing what he said to do isn't an option. It's a life-or-death non-negotiable.

You've got to understand the land of the Bible before you can fully comprehend the story Jesus told at the end of the Sermon on the Mount. Because the people hearing the story knew the land, they knew the "secret" you've probably missed.

Watch this short lesson and you'll never hear the story of the wise and foolish builders the same way again!