Holy Land Blog

Palm Sunday: Resurrection is coming! By Daniel Aqleh, a Tour Guide graduate. Christians around the world celebrate Palm Sunday on March 28, 2021. On this Sunday that comes before Easter, we commemorate Jesus’s triumphant entry into the city of Jerusalem.  Thousands of people from all around the world join locals in walking the same path [...]

No Phone Day: Connect with the Wilderness By Muhammad Khalil from Tuqu', a Tour Guide student. The phone has become a daily reality in our lives. A comfort that we resort to in order to experience our lost social life and in search of a friendly smile across continents. On the other hand, I sometimes [...]

Hope rises from the ashes: BethBC in Moments of Crisis By Dr. Jack Sara Last Saturday, a church that meets over the Zoom platform invited me to speak for their weekly meeting. The church is based in Europe, but all the people are originally from Middle Eastern countries, and several of them are actually Palestinian. [...]

Learning and Teaching in Bethlehem “I Wonder How Many Checkpoints Mary and Joseph Had to Go Through to Get to Bethlehem?” By AP (an ESL teacher volunteer at BethBC)   I came to stay at Bethlehem Bible College as a teacher of English, to be with the people of the College and the town of [...]

Amira FarhoudAmira is the Communications Coordinator of Bethlehem Bible College. She is a committed Palestinian Christian who has a passion for writing about the intersection of faith and seeking justice for her fellow countrymen. To read more of her writings sign up for Bethlehem Bible College’s monthly newsletter.

Amira FarhoudAmira is the Communications Coordinator of Bethlehem Bible College. She is a committed Palestinian Christian who has a passion for writing about the intersection of faith and seeking justice for her fellow countrymen. To read more of her writings sign up for Bethlehem Bible College’s monthly newsletter.

The Sin of Annexation: A Palestinian Christian Perspective of the Israeli Annexation Plan By Yousef AlKhouri Lecturer at Bethlehem Bible College   The Israeli government and its allies continue their plan to erase the Palestinian historical presence in the land of Palestine. The recently proposed plan to annex the remnant of the Palestinian territories of [...]

Nakba: Resilience and Memory By Prof. Salim Munayer In the Palestinian collective memory, the month of May is a month where Palestinians remember the Nakba (‘catastrophe’ in Arabic). An ongoing catastrophe starting in 1948 with the expulsion of more than half of the population of Palestine, and continues today through harsh military occupation and systematic [...]

Christ's Resurrection is Our Hope By Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac The Resurrection Sunday Christ's Resurrection is Our Hope 1 Corinthians 15: 12-24 “And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith” (1 Corinthians 15:14). This year, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death in exceptional circumstances - [...]

Four “Miracles” in Bethlehem By Mery Aiken Anyone who has ever stayed on the campus of Bethlehem Bible College or for any time in Palestine may be able to relate to this little escapade. The night of March ninth was an adventure. It was still the early days of the Covid 19 pandemic in our [...]