Walking in His Steps: A Guide to Exploring the Land of the Bible

This book takes stock of the relevance of Israel for Christians in the new millennium and provides an informed view of the Holy Land for those visiting--especially those without a spiritual tradition of pilgrimage. Walking in His Steps will help Christians wrestle with the theological and spiritual issues which a visit to the Holy Land raises: Are these really 'holy' places? Can we learn from the 'Desert Fathers'? What are God's purposes for this modern land and for the Jews? As these issues are particularly keenly felt in the UK, the USA and Australasia, an international audience will appreciate the book's content as it covers the history of the Holy Land from the early Church onwards; the traditions of the Desert Fathers, meditation and spirituality; Prophetic issues of Israel and Palestine; the role of an Evangelical witness to Christ in the Land of the Bible; and issues of mission in the Middle East. The book is informative, reflective and theologically backed. It includes an Appendix with food for thought in some particular locations: the Mount of Olives, Bethlehem, the Judean Desert, Golgotha, Galilee and Mount Tabor.

The Revd. Peter Walker is a tutor in biblical studies at Wycliffe Hall within the University of Oxford. In addition to leading many tours to the Holy Land he has studied classics and early church history at Cambridge University and has done extensive research at the post-doctorate level on Christian attitudes toward Jerusalem.

The Revd. Dr. Graham Tomlin is the director of the Theological Training Centre at Holy Trinity Brompton in London. He was previously vice-principal and tutor in historical theology and evangelism at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He also teaches part-time in the Oxford Centre for Evangelism and Apologetics, based at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and is a member of the theology faculty of Oxford University. He studied English literature and theology at Oxford University, and went on later to be curate of a church in Exeter, and then chaplain of Jesus College, Oxford. A member of the Church of England's College of Evangelists, he has led many parish and student evangelistic mission events. He is the author of The Power of the Cross: Theology and the Death of Christ in Paul, Luther and Pascal, Walking in His Steps: A Guide to Exploring the Land of the Bible, The Provocative Church, and Luther and his World. He and his wife, Janet, have two children.