Scripture reading for the week of February 25
Torah: Exodus 25:1-27:19 “Terumah” (An offering …) Haftorah: I Kings 5:12-6:13 New Testament: II Corinthians 9:1-15 Gospel: Matthew 5:23-26 “Karbanka” (Your gift …)
Slouching towards Bethlehem
BY VICTOR SHARPE— No, the title of this article does not refer to W.B. Yeat’s poem or the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, nor to the foul and evil figure of the Antichrist found in the Book of Revelation. But it does refer to a wicked presence soon to be found in the ancient Jewish…
Slouching towards Bethlehem
BY VICTOR SHARPE— No, the title of this article does not refer to W.B. Yeat’s poem or the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, nor to the foul and evil figure of the Antichrist found in the Book of Revelation. But it does refer to a wicked presence soon to be found in the ancient Jewish…
Iran's peaceful annihilation program
BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS, CFR— The “peaceful nature” of Iran’s nuclear program has taken acurious blow. The wife of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan Behdast, an Iranian nuclear scientist killed in Tehran in January, hastold the press that “Mostafa’s ultimategoal was the annihilation of Israel.” Roshan worked at the enrichment facility at Natanz, a key part of Iran’s…
More stoning of Christians on Temple Mount
BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Muslim mobs again hurled stones at Christian tourists and Jewish visitors atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Tuesday following a similar attack earlier in the week. One police officer who was among those escorting the Christian and Jewish groups was injured, and two Muslim assailants were arrested. Police were already on…
Iran Aiming Missiles at US, Israel Warns
BY CHANA YA’AR, ARUTZ 7— Iran is pouring money into developing intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the US, Israel warned Wednesday. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said in an interview on the U.S.-based CNBC news network the Islamic Republic is investing “billions of dollars” in its race to develop the missiles. Iran’s aim, he said…
Christ at an Israeli checkpoint
BY MARK TOOLEY, FRONTPAGEMAG— The Evangelical Left is hosting a “Christ at the Checkpoint” jamboree at the birthplace of Jesus Christ to identify the Savior with Palestinian liberation. This anti-Israeli mobilization will include leading evangelicals from the U.S. “We are not accusing the Israeli military of putting Jesus at a checkpoint,” insists one disingenuous spokesman,…
Containing Israel on Iran
WALL STREET JOURNAL — General Dempsey sends a message of U.S. weakness to Tehran. Is the Obama Administration more concerned that Iran may get a nuclear weapon, or that Israel may use military force to prevent Iran from doing so? The answer is the latter, judging from comments on Sunday by Chairman of the Joints…