Det første kurset jeg deltok på var høsten 2014. Deltakelse på dette kurset ble svært verdifullt for meg og erfaringene ga et viktig grunnlag for utvidelse av kunnskap. Jeg hadde ikke tenkt å delta på flere kurs, men da jeg ble oppmerksom på at det skulle arrangeres nytt kurs våren 2018 var min umiddelbar reaksjon […]
Mitt Israel har rundet 70 år. Gjenfødelsesåret har en interessant parallell: Ifølge 1. Moseboks slektsliste, ble Abraham født i året 1948 etter verdens skapelse. Abraham var den første som fikk landløftet og løftet om å bli til en velsignelse for alle folk i verden. Og i 1948 e.Kr. skjedde noe annet som skulle få betydning […]
Iløpet av kurset «Discovering Jesus in his Jewsih Context» (23.april – 3.mai 2018) var vi tretten deltakere som fikk en helt unik mulighet til å oppdage Jesu eget land. Blant deltagerne på kurset var det nordmenn, noen lokale, og – i likhet med meg – mange finner. Å se de gamle steinene Steiner som det […]
My Israel has turned 70. The year of its rebirth also has an interesting parallel: according to Genesis’ genealogies, Abraham was born in the year 1948 after the creation of the world. Abraham was the first Hebrew to receive the promise of the land and of becoming a blessing to all the nations of […]
I recently participated in Caspari Center’s “Discovering Jesus in His Jewish Context” course for the second time. The first such course I attended was in the fall of 2014. Participating in that first course was very valuable for me, and the experience provided an important foundation on which to build, as I learned more about […]
During the Caspari Center’s Discovering Jesus in His Jewish Context course which took place recently, 13 participants had a unique opportunity to discover the Land of Jesus. Among the course participants there were some Norwegians, some locals and, like me, many Finns. Observing the Ancient Rocks The stones all around reminded us of what […]
The Caspari Center began organizing seminars in Haifa for Russian-speaking teachers in 2011. Our primary goal was to offer training to teachers from the north of Israel, and the Russian language was initially chosen due to the abundance of Russian-speaking congregations in the region. What do we see seven years later? First, the number of […]
Since the 18th century, the question of the historical Jesus has puzzled theologians. They have actively constructed portraits of Jesus, and depicted him as an apocalyptic prophet, a charismatic healer, a Cynic philosopher, a prophet of social change and so on. Jesus has been a black man, a Marxist revolutionist, a Palestinian and a feminist. Many different […]
Last year marked the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. It is counted from the event when 95 thesis were nailed at the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, by one Catholic priest, doctor of theology and an Augustinian monk named Martinus Lutherus. Some other date could have been chosen as well, as the Reformation was a […]
Standing back to get a bird’s eye view of history through the lens of bible believers, we find many important landmarks in the calendar year of 2017. These notable points in history, spanning four hundred years from 1517 to 1917, involve both Christians and Jews, and all point to the centrality of Israel in God’s […]