Jim’s memorial service was this past Friday on August 6th. His friends, family, fellow soldiers, and former congregants gathered to celebrate his life and share in his memory. It isn’t easy to divide Jim’s long successful and ministry-driven life into chapters. Nor is it necessary. Every chapter overlayed, informed, and equipped him for the next,…
Dr. Reverend James Hutchens departed for the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on July 13, 2021. Retired Brigadier General, U.S. Army in 1992 as the Assistant Chief of Chaplains, he previously served as Chaplain of the D.C. National Guard. Jim Hutchens was born in Indianapolis, graduated from Kokomo High School, and enlisted…
By Joel C. Rosenberg, AllIsrael.com— The longer I live in Israel, the more complicated I find it to be. Like the seeds of a pomegranate, the more you open it up, the more beliefs, narratives, emotions and divisions you discover. For Evangelicals who have not been here, or have only visited a few times, the…
Christopher Gacek and Lela Gilbert of Family Research Council have published a major paper detailing 100 Antisemitic events in the U.S. in the last fifteen months. Download the PDF here. Summary: There is no denying that we experienced an amazingly difficult year and more in 2020. With a global pandemic, an upsurge of racially charged…
By Amy Zewe I am delighted to let you all know that The Casualty of Contempt is now available! I authored a chapter called “When Compassion Goes Awry—Young Christian college students and professionals are abandoning their faith to join social justice causes: An Examination.” The pages of this book serve as a clarion call for…
By Amy Zewe Just a few bits of ministry updates from our end. Spring is in the air, we just celebrated Easter and Passover. The world is slowly opening back up with COVID mortality and hospitalization rates going down and vaccination rates going up. All good news! And as life is reborn this spring, we…
By Shelley Neese— On June 10, 2000, I married my college sweetheart. We met when we were both working as youth ministers at a chapel right next to Louisiana State University. Three weeks after our nuptials, we moved to Beer Sheva, Israel. I still had two semesters left of college to finish my undergraduate degree,…
By Amy Zewe— Jewish students face widespread hostility—as told by Isaac De Castro, a Cornell student, who published in NEW YORK DAILY NEWS on MAR 29, 2021 I wanted to bring this article to your attention because it is vital that we all understand that bigotry and hatred have many forms, and some longstanding types are…
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Imagine yourself, a young student, embarking on an exciting opportunity to connect your faith, your studies, and your future to the land and people who are the incubators of God’s plan. Imagine your vantage point in Jerusalem, in a location secured by a people dedicated to education. Hebrew University on Jerusalem’s main campus is atop…