I've been leading biblical tours for over two decades. Ephesus never gets old — and it changes the way people read the New Testament every single time. Here's why it's my favorite site in the biblical world.

In Luke 4:18, Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.” Similarly, Paul writes in Romans 1:15, “I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.” In our English Bibles, the phrases “proclaim the good news” and “preach the gospel” are both translations of the same Greek verb: euangelizo, meaning to bring good news.

Have you ever struggled to read the Bible? Maybe you’ve read one of the familiar stories, but parts of it didn’t make sense. Me too. It happens to all of us.

The Bible can feel distant until you stand in the places where its stories unfolded. Suddenly, the text is no longer words on a page. It is a living, breathing story you can touch, see, and experience.