Surely There
The Bible is not a book of ideas — it is the record of a God who acted in real places, among real people, across real history. These are those places. Most of them still exist. You can stand in them today.

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Antioch
Where the disciples were first called Christians

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Antioch in Pisidia
The city of both joy and persecution
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Colossae
Where the letter still speaks and the ground is still being opened

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Derbe
Meeting place of Paul and Timothy
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Ephesus
Where the gospel was unleashed throughout Asia
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Hierapolis
Where the land itself illustrates the Word
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Laodicea
A reminder of the lukewarm church
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Magnesia
Land of Persians, Spartans, and Alexander
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Miletus
City of philosophers, architects, and rebels

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Perga
Meeting place of Paul, Barnabas, and John
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Pergamum
The city of mythological mystery
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Philadelphia
The city of martyrs
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Sardis
A place of myriad faiths, creeds, and empires
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Smyrna
A principal city vying for the title "First City of Asia"
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Thyatira
Where Paul established a strong Christian community
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Tralles
Onetime base of Alexander the Great
The experiential extension
He was surely there.
Enjoy Tours puts you there, too.
These places still exist. Enjoy Tours puts you in them — standing where God acted, where the early church was born, where Paul preached and was imprisoned. You return to your own place differently.
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Teaching on
the places
Videos and transcripts from scholars and pastors — what God's faithfulness in these places means for the church today.
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The God of real history
Michael Reeves
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These are real places: history in space and time
Albert Mohler
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The Bible's people and places are real — and you can see them
Ligon Duncan