Quote of the Week
“Seek God, not happiness – this is the fundamental rule of all meditation. If you seek God alone, you will gain happiness: that is its promise.”—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Truth Report: God’s gracious dealing with Israel
Ezekiel 36:24-38 New International Version (NIV) 24 “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and…
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Bibi, Right for Israel or Left for Disaster
By Earl Cox, JPost— In politics as in life, there is a right way and a wrong way to do things. Moses expressed it well justprior to leading the people of Israel into the Promised Land. To Moses it was clear. There is a way leading to blessing and a way that brings a curse.…
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Trump Says He’s King of the Jews. The Bible Says Otherwise.
By Candida Moss, The Daily Beast— In the early hours of Aug. 21, President Trump approvingly tweeted the words of Christian convert and radio host Wayne Allyn Root. The tweet compared Trump to “the King of Israel” and described him as being akin to “the second coming of God.” It went on to criticize “American…
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Palestinian terrorists murder Jewish teenager. Rashida Tlaib rushes to blame ‘Israeli occupation.’
By Chris Enloe, The Blaze— Controversial Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) suggested Friday that “Israeli occupation” was to blame after Palestinian terrorists murdered a 17-year-old Jewish girl hiking with her family in the West Bank. The girl, Rina Shnerb, was killed when an improvised explosive devise denoted at a popular tourist site outside the West Bank…
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Palestinian Leader Abbas Declares: ‘We Shall Enter Jerusalem — Millions of Fighters!’
By Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner— Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas recently went on a frenzied rant in which he pledged, “We shall enter Jerusalem — millions of fighters!” it was revealed on Wednesday. In a video uploaded to Abbas’ Facebook page on August 10 and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Abbas…
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Messianic ‘Jew’ Dubs Trump ‘King of Israel’
By David Sidman, Breaking Israel News— In a series of Tweets, conservative radio show host and columnist Wayne Allen Root proclaimed that President Trump ” is the greatest President for Jews and for Israel in the history of the world.” Root was “born Jewish” but told JTA that he “took Jesus Christ as a savior”…
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One Jewish people, two different realities
By Herb Keinon, JPost— Once upon a time – oh, about 40 years ago – the United Jewish Appeal had this as a fundraising slogan: “We are one.” The idea was noble: the Jewish people, scattered in the Diaspora or living in Israel, are one people, responsible one for the other. While true – while…
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The Immorality of Socialism
By Dr. David Reagan, Christ in Prophecy Blog— The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901. It received support from trade unionists, progressive social reformers, populist farmers, and various immigrant groups. But it never did well at the polls, particularly in presidential elections. And its staunch opposition to American involvement in World War I…
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General James M. Hutchens Military Chaplain Scholarship at Beeson Divinity School
Dr. and Mrs. Alton W. Baker are honored to announce the introduction of the General James M. Hutchens Military Chaplain Scholarship at the Beeson Divinity School of Samford University, in Birmingham, Alabama. For the last two centuries, military chaplains have been an inextricable and vital component of the United States Armed Forces since being instituted…
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How a US Congresswoman Can Help Palestinians
By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute— Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib is apparently upset because she was not able to agitate against Israel during a proposed visit to her grandmother there. “I would like to request admittance to Israel,” she had written, “in order to visit my relatives, and specifically my grandmother, who is in her 90s and…
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Spain: Law on Citizenship for Sephardic Jews Ends in Failure
By Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute— A piece of much-heralded legislation to grant Spanish citizenship to up to 3.5 million descendants of Jews expelled from the country in 1492 is about to end in failure: fewer than 10,000 Jews have been awarded Spanish passports ahead of an October 1, 2019 deadline. Spanish leaders promised that the…
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Omar & Tlaib Denied Themselves Entry into the Jewish State. Israel is Right.
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, Times of Israel— Before and since January 2019 when Somalian American Ilhan Omar and Palestinian American Rashida Tlaib were sworn in as members of Congress, they have made their positions about the Jewish state crystal clear. Tlaib was outspoken from the beginning of her term that she was planning what I…
DetailsDemocrats mull action against Israeli, US envoys over Tlaib-Omar ban – www.israelhayom.com
By Israel Hayom— Democratic members of the US Congress are weighing action against senior Israeli government officials and the Trump administration, following Jerusalem’s decision to bar Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Michigan) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (New York) from entering Israel. Some 12 Democratic members of Congress, among them senior Jewish lawmakers, have begun talks on how…
DetailsEnews: Tisha B’av Tension
This past Sunday morning, 1,600 Jewish pilgrims gathered at the Mugrabi gate to enter the Temple Mount at 7:30am. Well into their fast, they stood waiting in the August heat. For hours, they were refused entrance. The official word from Israeli police was that there would be no Jewish entry to the Temple Mount for…
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