Scripture Reading
Torah: Genesis 18:1 – 22:24, “Vayera” (and he appeared … ) Haftorah: II Kings 4:1 -1:37 New Testament: II Peter 2:4 – 12 Gospel: Luke 24:36 – 53, “Shalom lachem” (Peace to you … )
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Documenting Anti-Semitism Across the U.S.
By ADL— New data released today by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) show that the number of anti-Semitic incidents remain significantly higher in 2017 compared to 2016. In addition to the significant bump in the first quarter of this year, there was also a distinct increase after the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., in…
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Five Basic Arguments Against A Palestinian State
By Prof. Paul Eidelberg The article below was also published in 2008 as a pamphlet by an evangelical Christian organization and distributed to tens of thousands of its members, even though it utterly refutes the “two-state” solution” verbally endorsed in 2009 by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech he gave at Bar-Ilan University! *********************************************************************…
DetailsExperts: Next Hezbollah war with Israel inevitable, will be devastating
By World Israel News— A war between Israel and the Hezbollah terror organization is inevitable and will likely be “more violent and destructive” than the previous conflicts, according to a report by the High Level Military Group (HLMG), a think tank comprised of former senior defense officials. In the report, titled “Hezbollah’s Terror Army: How…
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Israel Partners with Christian Ministry on Secret Medical Mission to Save Lives Deep in Syria
By Chris Mitchell, CBN— CBN News was given an exclusive look at what up until now was a secret IDF mission. It’s a one-of-a-kind Middle East story that combines the Israel Defense Forces, a Christian ministry and the brutality of the Syrian civil war. The story begins on the Golan Heights in the dead of…
DetailsFrom Mueller to Mandelblit
By Caroline Glick, JPOST— There are stunning parallels between US Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of alleged collusion between US President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia and the ongoing criminal probes against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara. Monday, after a weekend filled with speculation due to an illegal media leak regarding…
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Balfour Declaration and Christian support down the centuries
By Victor Sharpe— On November 2, 2017, it will be 100 years since Lord Arthur Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, issued the famous Balfour Declaration. Balfour was a Christian Zionist and looked with great sympathy upon Jewish aspirations and Zionism,which simply put is the Jewish people’s national liberation movement. Put in Biblical terms, it is the return from exile of…
DetailsMessianic Lite: Vayera, “and he appeared”
This week’s Parsha is Genesis 18:1 to Genesis 22:24 The question that has come up for millennia is why was Abraham chosen? Before Abraham, Noah was chosen, the Bible says, because he was perfect in his generation. Later, we know Moses was in a unique position to lead in that he was born the son of…
DetailsDefense minister: Israel will retaliate against any provocation
By Israel Hayom— Israel is not interested in another conflict in the Gaza Strip but it “will not tolerate any infringement on its sovereignty and we will retaliate to any provocation,” Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday, following the discovery and destruction of an Islamic Jihad terror tunnel dug under the Israel-Gaza Strip border. Speaking…
DetailsLuther and the Jews—500 years later
By Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Times of Israel— All over the world, notice is taken of the 500th anniversary of Luther’s posting of his 95 Theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg, thereby launching the reformation. This has been an occasion for considering Luther and his contribution to society. One of the voices that is…
DetailsBalfour was height of our diplomacy, Oren tells Christian audience
By Benjamin Glatt, JPost— The 1917 Balfour Declaration viewing the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine was the high-water mark of the Jewish people’s diplomacy, deputy minister Michael Oren said. “It was the first time the international community recognized the right of a Jewish people to a homeland in our tribal lands, the…
DetailsThe Iran-Hamas Plan to Destroy Israel
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone— In a historic reawakening, Iran is once again meddling in the internal affairs of the Palestinians. This does not bode well for the future of “reconciliation” between Hamas and Palestinian Authority’s Fatah faction run by President Mahmoud Abbas.The re-emergence of Iran, as it pursues its efforts to increase its political…
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The Place Where Jesus Died Has Become a Death Trap
By Dexter Van Zile, Jerusalem Journal— It’s time for Christian leaders in Jerusalem to get over their petty rivalries and address a safety issue at Christianity’s most holy site – the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. To put it bluntly, the building is a disaster just waiting to happen. It’s a death trap that could…
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“We have sincerely tried everywhere to merge with the national communities in which we live, seeking only to preserve the faith of our fathers. It is not permitted us. In vain are we loyal patriots, sometimes superloyal; in vain do we make the same sacrifices of life and property as our fellow citizens; in vain…
DetailsSpot Report: “The blasphemous heresy of replacement theology”
Think on this: ” I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved.” (Romans 11:25-26) Pray like…
DetailsBalfour’s greatest of gifts
By Caroline Glick, JPost— This week Israel’s judo team was harassed and discriminated against by UAE officials when they tried to board a flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul, en route to Abu Dhabi to participate in the Judo Grand Slam competition. Apropos of nothing, UAE told the Israelis they would only be permitted to…
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