1.0The Bible and Culturehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandcultureBen Witheringtonhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/author/bwitheringtonGod's 'Harmonic' Convergences - The Bible and Culturerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YsI1U1dBbP"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2008/02/gods-harmonic-convergences.html">God’s ‘Harmonic’ Convergences</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/bibleandculture/2008/02/gods-harmonic-convergences.html/embed#?secret=YsI1U1dBbP" width="600" height="338" title="“God’s ‘Harmonic’ Convergences” — The Bible and Culture" data-secret="YsI1U1dBbP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Over the weekend I was at Kokomo Indiana doing an event for Grace UM Church, and Pastor Steve and his wife told me the following remarkable story. In the 90s, Steve was helping lead an E.O. tour in Israel with his Bishop, and they had gotten permission to have the Garden Tomb locale closed off…