Defining Moments: The Transformational Promises of Faith-Based Travel

by Rick McCarthy, Susan McCarthy

Overview

A guide to faith-based, Spirit-led, heart-changing travel to the Holy Land and historic Christian sites throughout Europe.

Travel is the one thing that makes you richer after you pay for it—and that’s especially true when itineraries are designed to provide a life-changing spiritual revelation experience. This guide is ideal for individuals and tour leaders who want to bring the Holy Spirit along on their journeys as they seek defining moments with God.

Covering destinations such as Antioch, Bethlehem, Emmaus, Corinth, Canterbury, Zurich, and many more, Defining Moments not only allows you to follow in the footsteps of Paul’s missionary journeys or learn more about the Reformation, but deepens your experience in ways that can restore, revive, and re-energize your faith—turning travel into transformation. Also included are numerous practical tips about preparing for your trip, navigating unfamiliar places, touring with a group, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631952456
Publisher:	Morgan James Publishing
Publication date:	02/08/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	585
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Rick and Susan McCarthy reside in Newport Beach, California. When they married in 2004, they realized that they both shared a love of travel and adventure and an even bigger love of their Lord. They are big fans of faith-based travel and have seen it done with excellence by pastoral leaders that have witnessed transformational change in participants. Their dream is to bring this same level of faith travel ‘aha’ moments to everyone- from armchair travelers to those intrepid souls that want to see it all. Susan is also the author of Captive to Captivated, sharing a few of her God stories to encourage others to “set the captives free”.

Table of Contents

Foreword xv

Preface xvii

Chapter 1 Preparing for Your Journey 1

Expectations for the Journey 2

Staffing Your Faith Adventure 9

How to Use This Book at Site Visits 11

Travel Tips 13

Chapter 2 Israel, The Holy Land 17

Bethany 20

Bethlehem 24

Bethsaida 30

Caesarea by the Sea (Caesarea Maritima) 31

Caesarea Philippi/Banias aka Barnvas 37

Cana 39

Capernaum 42

Dead Sea 47

Decapolis (Across the border in Syria/Jordan) 50

Emmaus 54

Ein Gedi 55

Sea of Galilee 58

Gideon's Spring 63

Gospel Trait, aka Jesus Trail 69

Jaffa/Joppa aka Joffa 70

Jericho 72

Jerusalem (Overview) 74

Jerusalem: Bethphage 81

Jerusalem: Calvary (Golgotha) 85

Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre 91

Jerusalem: Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu 93

Jerusalem: Dominus Flevit Church 97

Jerusalem: Antonia Fortress 101

Jerusalem: Gethsemane 105

Jerusalem: Kidron Valley 109

Jerusalem: Mount of Olives 111

Jerusalem: Mount Zion (Upper Room) 114

Jerusalem: Temple Mount (Dome of the Rock) 116

Jerusalem: Via Dolorosa 126

Jordan River 129

Masada 133

Mount of Beatitudes 135

Nazareth 140

Qumran 144

Tabgha 146

Tiberias 152

Chapter 3 Paul's Journeys 155

First Missionary Journey (45-48 AD, estimated) 164

Second Missionary Journey (49-51 AD, estimated) 168

Third Missionary Journey (52-55 AD, estimated) 175

Trip to Rome (57-59 AD, estimated) 179

Paul's Epistles 186

Turkey 190

Antioch (Antakya) 194

Ephesus (Kusadasi) 196

Laodicea (Pamukkale) 206

Pergamon (Pergamum, Bergama) 207

Philadelphia (Alasehir) 209

Sardis (Sart) 210

Smyrna (Izzmir) 213

Tarsus 214

Thyatira (Akhisar) 216

Greece 218

Greek Mainland 226

Athens 226

Berea (Beroea) 235

Corinth 238

Delphi 246

Meteora 250

Philippi 253

Port of Neopolis (modern-day Kavala) 260

Thessaloniki (Thessalonica) 262

Greek and Meditteranean Islands: 267

Crete 267

Cyprus 271

Malta 274

Patmos 278

Chapter 4 The Reformation 283

Martin Luther 284

England 294

Cambridge 297

Canterbury 303

Glastonbury 307

London 308

Oxford 315

Other Sites in England 319

France 321

Germany 323

Altenburg 324

Augsburg 325

Berlin 327

Eisenach 333

Eisleben 337

Erfurt 341

Leipzig 349

Nuremberg 354

Wittenberg 358

Other Sites in Germany 365

Scotland 373

Edinburgh 374

Iona Abbey 381

Other Sites in Scotland 382

Switzerland 384

Geneva 385

Zurich 389

Other Sites in Switzerland 393

Chapter 5 Mission Trips 395

Daily Devotionals 417

Debriefing 460

Appendix 469

Appendix: General 471

Appendix: Israel: The Holy Land 487

Appendix: Paul's Journeys: 513

Appendix: The Reformation 528

Gratitudes 557

About the Authors 559

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