Scripture Reading for December 19, 2015
Torah: Genesis 44:18 – 47-27, “Vayegash” (And he drew near … ) Haftorah: Ezekiel 37:15 – 28 New Testament: Ephesians 2:1 – 10 Gospel: John 17:6 – 12, “Giliti et sheemcha” (I have manifested your name … )
COMMENTARY: Jewish Envy
By Todd Morehead, Israel Today— What did the Apostle Paul mean when he said, “salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious?” Is it true that one of the reasons Gentiles are saved is to make Jews jealous? Really? If this is true, and I believe it is, then the Church has yet…
White House welcomes Hamas-linked group, shuns Muslim reformers
By Steven Emerson, Israpundit— Hassan Shibly, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Florida, has accused the FBI of killing two men in cold blood in separate incidents. But Obama administration officials still find him to be a suitable representative of the American Muslim community at Monday’s White House meeting on combating religious discrimination,…
US Congress votes to punish banks financing Hezbollah
BY: AFP AND TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF, Times of Israel— The US House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday to impose tough new sanctions on banks that knowingly do business with the Lebanon-based Shiite movement Hezbollah. The bill targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah, which is considered a terrorist organization by Washington and Israel, passed the Senate last…
Upcoming Conference to Study Assault on Pro-Israel Evangelicals
By Dexter Van Zile, Breaking Israel News— Evangelical Protestants are part of the backbone of American civil society. Numbering about 90 million people, these Bible-believing Christians have eclipsed mainline Protestants who comprised the Protestant establishment that ruled the roost in the United States in the decades before, during and after World War II. Many elites…
Vatican Is Wrong, Jews Need Jesus for Salvation, Says Messianic Group
By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post— A leading Messianic group in America has responded to the Vatican’s recent claim that Jews do not need to be believers in Jesus Christ to be saved, by saying that the Apostle Paul would have been “horrified” at the suggestion. David Brickner, executive director of Jews for Jesus, said…
Truth Report: “David’s legacy in the use of the name of Yahweh”
Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. Psalm 86:11-12 NIV
Spot Report: “The myth about the Temple Mount.”
Think on this: “Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord.” (Deuteronomy 12:11) Pray like this: Help your…