By: Obed Pineda During our Lord Jesus’ earthly life, Palestine stretched about 120 miles from Galilee (the northernmost territory) to Judea (the southernmost territory), with the territory of Samaria in the center, sitting between them. In other words, when a resident of Judea needed to travel to Galilee, or vice…
By: Obed Pineda In central Palestine there lies a fertile, half-mile wide valley described by geographers as the best watered valley in that region. The Valley of Shechem (as the area was once known) sits between the twin mountains of Gerizim and Ebal, with the entrance to the ancient city…
By: Obed Pineda After wandering the wilderness forty years, and every Israelite over the age of twenty had perished there (with the exception of Joshua and Caleb) the time of their punishment, as designated by Jehovah God, had expired and a new generation entered and conquered the promised land under…
By: Obed Pineda It is said that one day Satan summoned all his minions because he had become irritated with the havoc that love was bringing about in his kingdom of darkness. The patience of the devil had vanished and he had decided that love had been preventing souls from…
By: Obed Pineda In 1886, Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson published his globally renowned novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Stevenson’s intriguing tale of a man shared by two alter egos, who are drastic opposites of one another, has transcended generations, leaving an indelible imprint in…
By: Obed Pineda It is unquestionable that the period that follows the death of a loved one is the most difficult in the life of those who mourn them. The powerlessness that one experiences due to the inability to prevent the inevitable, breeds confusion, grief, profound sorrow, and, in some…
By: Obed Pineda Of the many fond memories stored in the banks of my mind about my late uncle, I admit that my favorite ones are of when we worked together on the first car I ever owned. Undeniably, one of the reasons I cherish those memories is because of…
By: Obed Pineda On a Grecian neck land connecting the Peloponnese with Macedonia and Thrace, there sat the ancient city of Corinth. The establishment of Corinth on this isthmus quickly proved valuable having control of a lucrative land trade route from northern to southern Greece and being surrounded by the…
By: Obed Pineda Approximately seven hundred years prior to the events that transpired at Jerusalem on the treacherous night that Jesus of Nazareth was unjustly arrested, the prophet Isaiah had foretold with great detail and precision the unfolding of this moment in what would later be referred to as the…
By: Obed Pineda One day a young disciple accompanied his old master on a walk on an old trail in a small forest. Taking advantage of the rare opportunity he had to be alone with his master, the young man began to inquire from his mentor about his life experiences…