Scripture Reading for August 11, 2018
Torah: Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17, “Re’eh” (See!… ) Haftorah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24 New Testament: Acts 2:1- 13 Gospel: John 7:37 -52, “Be’yom Ha’akcharon” (On the last day … )
DetailsTorah: Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17, “Re’eh” (See!… ) Haftorah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24 New Testament: Acts 2:1- 13 Gospel: John 7:37 -52, “Be’yom Ha’akcharon” (On the last day … )
DetailsBY OLIVIER MELNICK, New AntiSemitism— There are words that just don’t co-exist very well, and “Jewish Christian” is definitely one of these dysfunctional couples that we call oxymorons. People say that you cannot be Jewish and Christian at the same time, because the two terms are mutually exclusive. Christians are often confused about Jewish people…
DetailsBy Earl Cox, Israel Always— Man’s inhumanity toward man began almost at the dawn of recorded history and hatred for the Jews is just as ancient. The Egyptian pharaoh and his people became markedly anti-Semitic based on fear and not much has changed. The past two thousand years have seen vicious and brutal physical attacks…
DetailsBy John Piper God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.”…
Details“When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she has surpassed that dream.” Shimon Peres, former President of Israel
Think like this: “Salvation is from the Jews” (John 4:22) Pray like this: Father, Grant Christians the knowledge of what is the real source of their faith. In Jesus’ name, AMEN!
DetailsThis week’s Torah portion covers Deuteronomy 7:12 to 11:25. The Israelites are still camped on the opposite side of Jordan, poised for entrance into the land. But these are Moses’ last moments with his people; these are his last words, his parting wisdom. Moses summarizes the last forty years, all of their highs and lows.…
DetailsBy JNS— Much like the 2016 presidential election, the 2018 midterm congressional elections are shaping up to be one of the most contentious in recent memory. Democrats are attempting to retake both houses of Congress in a bid to serve as a check on U.S. President Donald Trump and to rectify their embarrassing defeat in…
DetailsTorah: Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25, “Eikev” (on the heel of …) Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3 New Testament: Romans 8:31 – 39 Gospel: John 1:29 – 34, “The Lamb of God” (Say ha’elohim …)
DetailsBy Daniel Greenfield, Frontpage— Burkay, an unemployed Muslim Turk, wearing a stained white “Miami Beach” shirt attacked three Jewish people in Vienna, Austria. It was just another day in a city where Muslim terrorists had once thrown grenades into a synagogue during a bar mitzvah, killing a woman who threw herself onto the grenade to…
DetailsBy Daniel Siryoti, Ariel Kahana, Gideon Allon and Yori Yalon, Israel Hayom— Despite some Druze leaders’ vocal opposition to the controversial nation-state law, some in the community, as well as within other minorities, are voicing support for the legislation. The nation-state law defines Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. The law’s provisions, including…
DetailsBy Dr. Rivkah Lambert, Breaking Israel News— Breaking Israel News recently spoke at length with five Christians who came to Israel to be of service. They described their work here in detail and also about how living in Israel has impacted them as Christians. No one knows exactly how many Christians live and work in…
DetailsBy Israel National News—- The Trump Administration imposed sanctions on Turkish officials Wednesday over the imprisonment of a US pastor Wednesday. “Pastor Brunson’s unjust detention and continued prosecution by Turkish officials is simply unacceptable,” US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement. “President Trump has made it abundantly clear that the United States expects…
DetailsBy Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem Post— Russia and Israel have reached an agreement on the removal of Iranian forces at least 85 kilometers from Israel’s Golan Heights, Russia’s special envoy for Syria told the Sputnik news agency on Wednesday. “As we took into account the Israeli concerns, we managed to attain the pullout of Iranian units…
DetailsBy Daniel Gordis, Jerusalem Post On our way to dinner earlier this week, my wife and I bumped into a group of soldiers. We were about to simply walk by when one of them stopped us to tell us he was a good friend of our son. American, a recent graduate of a leading American university, he’d…
DetailsBy Haaretz— U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States would impose significant sanctions on Turkey over its detention of American Christian pastor Andrew Brunson and called on Ankara to immediately release him. “The United States will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their long time detainment of Pastor Andrew Brunson, a great…
DetailsBy Ryan Jones, Israel Today— Israel has come under a lot of flak for recently passing a new Basic Law (the local equivalent of a constitutional law in the absence of a true constitution) that enshrines “Israel as the historic home of the Jewish people,” officially labels an undivided Jerusalem as its capital and declares…
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