Rome

Here you can see an ancient paved street very similar to what the streets of ancient Rome were probably like.   This street is in the ancient city of Pompeii (from the exact same time period as ancient Rome).  …

In writing to the early Christians living in ancient Rome, the Apostle Paul instructs:   “So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.  Let us behave decently, as in the daytime,…

Upon arriving in Rome, our tour bus dropped us off at Piazza del Popolo.   We couldn’t check into our hotel until 4:30pm, so our tour group was dropped off to explore the historical/touristy area for a couple of…

We’ve been looking at the Apostle Paul’s letter to the early Christians living in ancient Rome.   These Jesus-followers did not have the Bible.  They simply had heard the good news about Jesus Christ – how Jesus is the…

The early Christians living in ancient Rome did not have the Bible.   They simply had heard the good news about Jesus Christ – how Jesus is the son of God and the Savior of the world – and…

The early Christians living in ancient Rome did not have the Bible.   They simply had heard the good news about Jesus Christ – who came to be the Savior of the world – and they had believed.   They…

As I walked the stone streets of the ancient city of Pompeii, I couldn’t help imagining what it might have been like to be an early Christian living in ancient Rome, walking streets just like this, when the…

I have always wondered what the ancient city of Rome was like when the Apostle Paul was there.   The ancient city of Rome has been buried in 2,000 years’ worth of subsequent history, or else dismantled as building…

There is no doubt to anyone looking at this photo that hubby and I are “tourists.”   We are “marked” as tourists  … by our touristy hats  …  by our touristy water bottles  …  by our touristy bright-orange “radios”…