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#40 Signs of Life — Interview with Shea Sumlin
| Episode Guest: Shea Sumlin
Shea serves as the Lead Pastor of Northway Church in Dallas, Texas and joins our podcast today. He and Rich discuss what it was like to be the FIRST GTI TOUR to return to Israel since March of 2020! Shea shares how God went before them and GTI walked beside them to make the trip so special. Signs of Life in Israel included no crowds, warmest of welcomes, and a clean, safe environment. In the Wilderness of Zin/Ein Evdat, God spoke to their hearts with a message of healing and one of continual presence and pursuit. There's nothing like time in the Land to encounter God and to see more and more clearly the common humanity among us all.
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Originally from the great nation of Texas, Shea grew up in a broken home, far from the Lord, before surrendering his life to Jesus while in high school. After experiencing a radical spiritual transformation in college, he would eventually go on to receive degrees from the University of North Texas and Dallas Theological Seminary. During that time he married his beautiful bride of 20 years, Tiffany, and together have five precious daughters-- Emma, Sara, Rebekah, Abigail, & Hannah. Shea spent nearly a decade serving as the college pastor of Denton Bible Church in Denton, TX, then as teaching pastor for The Well Community Church in Fresno, CA & campus pastor for The Village Church in Flower Mound, TX. Today, Shea serves as the Lead Pastor of Northway Church in Dallas, TX. He has a deep passion for teaching the Word of God and spreading the Gospel through the local church.
Featured SiteEin Avdat
The Nahal Zin is 75 miles (120 km) long and drains 600 sq. miles (1550 sq. km). It is the largest wadi that begins in the Negev. The Nahal Zin was created by reverse erosion as the great height difference between the Negev Highlands and the Jordan Rift caused the underlayers to erode during the rainy season, resulting in the collapse of the harder strata of rock above. The landscape is mostly Eocene limestone, consisting of some brown-black layers of low-grade flint. The flint slows down the erosion of the limestone.
Learn More at http://www.bibleplaces.com/nahalzin.htm
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