Scripture Reading for April 26, 2014
Torah: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27, “Kedoshim” (Holy Ones …) Haftorah: Amos 9:7 – 15 New Testament: I Corinthians 6:9 – 20 Gospel: John 14:9 -14 “Ha’ahminu Li” (Believe me …)
Torah: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27, “Kedoshim” (Holy Ones …) Haftorah: Amos 9:7 – 15 New Testament: I Corinthians 6:9 – 20 Gospel: John 14:9 -14 “Ha’ahminu Li” (Believe me …)
By DR. ASHRAF RAMELAH, ISRAEL TODAY— While Jews around the world celebrate Passover, Christians from Egypt visit the Holy Land for their week of Holy Pascha (the Passion of Christ). For this pilgrimage, Egyptian Christians (Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical) leave Cairo by the thousands on daily flights to Israel. Egypt’s airlines have increased departures to…
By RON JAGER— Celebrate Israel Parade known in the past as the Israel Day Parade will be marching June 1st for its 50th consecutive year, under the shadow of allowing Jewish groups and Jewish organizations that assist and support the economic and political boycott of Israel. Under the leadership of UJA Federation of NY, this…
ROMANS 9 I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit— 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my…
“One can know a great deal about God without much knowledge of Him.”–-J.I. Packer, Knowing God
Torah: Exodus 33:12 – 34:26, “Pasach” (Passover…) Haftorah: Song of Songs New Testament: I Corinthians 15:20 -23 Gospel: Luke 22:1 – 22, “Pesach” (Passover …)
By MICHAEL BROWN— There is no doubt that there is real suffering among the Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank (which is actually ancient Judea and Samaria). The question is who, precisely, is most responsible for their suffering? Certainly, Israel is far from blameless in its treatment of the Palestinians, and it helps…
By LUKE MOON, JUICY ECUMENISM— Over the past several decades, some of the most steadfast backers of Israel have been Christians, particularly in the United States. But opponents of Israel are well aware of this and, not content with working against the Jewish state in other institutions, they have changed their tactics accordingly, working overtime…
By AVNER BOSKEY, FINAL FRONTIER MINISTRIES— The prophetic significance of the four lunar eclipses occurring on Jewish biblical feast days in 2014-15 has become a recent focus on the internet and even a best seller on Amazon. A few voices are suggesting that the so-called ‘blood moons’ are a portent of earth-shaking prophetic significance regarding…
“One can reformulate and restyle the festivals to a certain extent, but one cannot create something from nothing… Celebrate the festivals of our ancestors and add to them something of your own… those who do not find meaning in the festivals and holy days have empty, non-spiritual souls.”—Hayim Nahman Bialik, Famous Jewish poet, 1930