Scripture Reading for December 26, 2015
Torah: Genesis 47:28 – 50:26, “Vayechi” (And He lived … ) Haftorah: I Kings 2:1 – 2:12 New Testament: I Peter 1:3 – 9 Gospel: Matthew 6:25 – 34, “Al tidagu” (Do not worry … )
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Spot Report: “Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?”
Think on this: “Jesus said, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Pray like this: Father, we thank you that you are one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit and you have revealed yourself to those who will believe through the Holy…
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An Old-New Solution for an Old-New Problem
By Nathan Moskowitz, Breaking Israel News— The BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sanction) movement which masquerades as a humanitarian bulwark against the evils of “occupation” is ostensibly nothing more than the most recent incarnation of old-fashioned, hard-core, pernicious anti-Semitism. BDS has created a toxic environment for Jewish students on many campuses. Students, who show pride in their…
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Orthodox Rabbis Bring Jesus Home for Christmas
By David Lazarus, Israel Today— More than 25 prominent rabbis from Israel and abroad recently issued a statement calling for a renewed look at Jesus, Christians and the New Testament faith. Quoting from their own sages, these outstanding Orthodox rabbis are not ashamed to exalt the name of Jesus, welcoming the carpenter from Nazareth back…
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COMMENTARY: Do Christians Only Have Half the Story?
By Brian Hennessy, Israel Today— If someone started watching the Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, in the middle of the film, would they ever figure out the point of the story? Or appreciate the challenges Jimmy Stewart had to overcome? I doubt it. They would learn how the story ended, but remain largely ignorant…
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Apocalypse at Christmas Time
By Russell Moore, Christian Post— It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The stirrings of holiday cheer are all around us, from the Bing Crosby music loop at the Home Depot to the inflatable glowing Santas that every neighborhood seems to have. But my Bible reading right now is anything but festive. I’m in…
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Truth Report:”Hallowing the name of Yahweh this Christmas” (Matthew 6:9-13)
“This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from…
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Evangelical Beliefs on Israel Match Prophetic Doomsday Scenarios
By Rivkah Lambert Adler, Breaking Israel News— A recent survey of Christian Evangelicals has them echoing Jewish prophecies, associating trouble in Israel and the rest of the Middle East with End Times. Brookings Institute, a Washington DC-based think tank, recently released the results of their survey entitled American Attitudes Toward the Middle East and Israel.…
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Father Gabriel Naddaf Denounces Palestinian Claims that Jesus Was a Palestinian
By Ahuva Balofsky, Breaking Israel News— In response to repeated statements by Palestinian Authority (PA) officials that Jesus was a Palestinian, Israeli Christian leader Father Gabriel Naddaf denounced the claims on Facebook earlier this month. “On what authority does President Abbas claim that Jesus was a Palestinian?” Naddaf wrote. “The Bible says that He was…
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Column One: Rubio, Cruz and US global leadership
By Caroline Glick, JPOST— At some point between 2006 and 2008, the American people decided to turn their backs on the world. Between the seeming futility of the war in Iraq and the financial collapse of 2008, Americans decided they’d had enough. In Barack Obama, they found a leader who could channel their frustration. Obama’s…
DetailsSpot Report: “Christmas: Jews and Christians together”
Think on this: “Jesus’ purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.” (Ephesians 2:15-16) Pray on this: Father, hasten the day when the Israel of…
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Orthodox Rabbis Issue Groundbreaking Declaration Affirming ‘Partnership’ With Christianity
By THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D., Breitbart— A group of prominent Orthodox rabbis in Israel, the United States and Europe have issued a historic public statement affirming that Christianity is “the willed divine outcome and gift to the nations” and urging Jews and Christians to “work together as partners to address the moral challenges of our…
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COMMENTARY: Is Jesus the Thief in the Night?
By Brian Hennessy, Israel Today— I remember years ago watching the popular 1970’s rapture movie, “Thief in the Night,” with my two oldest children. A week later they came home early from school and their mother and I were not there. They told us later how frightened they became thinking we’d been raptured and left…
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Scripture Reading for December 19, 2015
Torah: Genesis 44:18 – 47-27, “Vayegash” (And he drew near … ) Haftorah: Ezekiel 37:15 – 28 New Testament: Ephesians 2:1 – 10 Gospel: John 17:6 – 12, “Giliti et sheemcha” (I have manifested your name … )
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