Scripture Reading for February 20, 2016
Torah: Exodus 27:20 – 30:10, “Tetzaveh” (You shall command …) Haftorah: Ezekiel 43:10 -27 New Testament: Hebrews 13:10 – 17 Gospel: John 10:11 – 18, “Ha’roeh Ha’tov” (The Good Shepherd … )
DetailsTorah: Exodus 27:20 – 30:10, “Tetzaveh” (You shall command …) Haftorah: Ezekiel 43:10 -27 New Testament: Hebrews 13:10 – 17 Gospel: John 10:11 – 18, “Ha’roeh Ha’tov” (The Good Shepherd … )
DetailsBy Times of Israel— In a striking rejection of relentless international efforts to broker new talks, Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki said Monday that the Palestinians will “never” return to direct negotiations with Israel. Peace talks collapsed in April 2014 and since then, the situation has deteriorated, with the prospects of fresh dialogue appearing…
DetailsBy Abra Forman, Breaking Israel News— Hezbollah could defeat Israel in a conflict by bombing an Israeli chemical facility in Haifa, killing thousands, said leader of the Lebanon-based terror group Hassan Nasrallah. Though Hezbollah is not actively seeking war with Israel, he said, if necessary, the group could easily devastate the country by using its…
DetailsThis is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. —Ephesians 5:32
DetailsBy Harold James, Reuters— The Weimer Republic’s flawed experiment in democracy in the 1920s, has become today’s paradigm for the failure of state and society. By the end of Weimar, the government seemed to have lost control — vigilantes from the political extremes claimed they were keeping the streets safe while beating up vulnerable minorities,…
DetailsBy ICEJ Executive Director, Dr Jürgen Bühler “Watchman, what of the night?” is the desperate cry for help that was heard in the times of Isaiah the prophet. Israel had just witnessed the rise of the Assyrian Empire, one of the most ruthless empires in recorded history. Their influence rapidly spread through the entire ancient world…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick— This week Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told government ministers that he may wait for the next US president before signing a new military assistance deal with America. Israel’s current military assistance package is set to expire in 2018 and the new package is supposed to include supplemental aid to compensate Israel for…
DetailsBy Yoram Ettinger— U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry intend to advance recognition of an independent Palestinian state by January 20, 2017 — the end of Obama’s second term — regardless of how adversely it will affect national and homeland security. In light of this, the presidentturned down a request by…
DetailsBy Tsvi Sadan, Israel Today— The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is taking a toll on Messianic Jews and Arab Christians who, in principle, are supposed to follow Jesus’ command to love one’s enemy. The tension between Messianic Jews and Evangelical Palestinians has grown ever deeper with the appearance of the Christ at the Checkpoint conferences that promote…
DetailsBy Earl Cox, Breaking Israel News— Those who participate in singling out and attempting to hurt Israel through boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns are anti-Israel and not pro-Palestinian as they often claim. The purpose of BDS is purely anti-Semitic meant only to inflict harm on Israeli businesses and the Israeli economy and not to…
DetailsThink on this: “I ask then: did God reject his people? By no means!…Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss…
DetailsBy Crystal Rudolph, Israel Today— In the ninth chapter titled “Jesus and the Early Christians” of his book, Whose Land? Whose Promises?, Prof. Gary Burge of Wheaton College argues that Jewish Israelis cannot claim that the Land of Israel belongs to them according to the Bible, because the New Testament spiritualizes the Land promise to…
DetailsBy Lahav Harkov, JPost— “Palestine” is a borrowed term, MK Anat Berko (Likud) said in the Knesset Wednesday, sparking an uproar. “Palestine – There isn’t even a ‘p’ in Arabic, so it’s a borrowed term that’s worth analyzing,” Berko said in a debate on the two-state solution. “But there is a Palestinian Authority next to…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 25:1 – 27:19, “Terumah” (Contribution … ) Haftorah: I Kings 5:26 – 6:13 New Testament: II Corinthians 9:1 – 15 Gospel: Matthew 5:17 – 20, “Al Takshevu” (Do not think … )
DetailsBy Michael Snyder— A new video has just been released in which Pope Francis very clearly expresses his belief that all of the major religions are different paths to the same God. He says that while people from various global faiths may be “seeking God or meeting God in different ways” that it is important…
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