
“Nazareth!
Can anything good come from there?” Nathaniel asked. - John
1:46
If anyone
ever came from a Podunk town, it was Jesus. Nazareth, where Jesus grew up, sat
on a hillside in a remote valley southwest of the Sea of Galilee. Along one of
its dusty alleyways, lined with sun-baked mud walls, Jesus’ father ran a
carpenter’s shop. Certainly...