Throughout the past ten years, God has granted the ministry staff of Anchor Your Life many new and exciting opportunities to share His Word with people around the world. In May 2005, we used the blog format during my trip to Israel, establishing our first “travel-blog.â€Â Thousands of people logged on to hear my reflections on the different sites we visited, to listen to short Bible studies, and to view posted pictures. However, our intent was more than just to share travel information. The greater purpose was to draw people deeper into the Word through what they saw and heard. The response to the “travel-blog,†as well as to the live presentations, has been overwhelmingly positive. But, more importantly, God has used it as a means to cause increasing numbers of people to study the Bible more intently, which has also been the case in my own life. After seeing the rugged and varied terrain, noticing the incredibly adaptable and diverse vegetation, traveling the long distances between sites (covered on foot in Biblical times!), and standing in the very places where Jesus lived and taught, I have not read the Word in the same way since. What I saw, experienced, and learned in Israel has clearly enhanced my study and my understanding of Scripture.
