Scripture Reading for April 26, 2014
Torah: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27, “Kedoshim” (Holy Ones …) Haftorah: Amos 9:7 – 15 New Testament: I Corinthians 6:9 – 20 Gospel: John 14:9 -14 “Ha’ahminu Li” (Believe me …)
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The Truth Report, Introduction
Pastor Jim Hutchens, Vice President of The Jerusalem Connection, speaks out against the rise of Replacement Theology among modern evangelicals. Hutchens calls out the false teaching as a message from Satan, and minces no words in his rebuke of some of Replacement Theology’s most ardent Christian spokespeople. Donate Today! We hope you enjoyed this…
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Video: Passover and Easter in Jerusalem
There are many Jewish pilgrims in Jerusalem at the moment, gathered here to celebrate Pesach, or Passover, which this year coincides with Easter. With Father David Neuhaus, a reflection on Passover and Easter in the Holy City, two diverse yet similar feasts.
Lutheran nuns end Jerusalem mission to Shoah survivors
By RENEE GHERT-ZAND, TIMES OF ISRAEL-— Residents of the Jerusalem’s Talpiot neighborhood who have watched nuns in their white habits go in and out of a house at 10 Ein Gedi Street for the past half century will soon notice their absence. Beit Avraham (House of Abraham), as the sisters of the Evangelical Sisterhood of…
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Egyptian Christians Slammed for Visiting Israel for Easter
By DR. ASHRAF RAMELAH, ISRAEL TODAY— While Jews around the world celebrate Passover, Christians from Egypt visit the Holy Land for their week of Holy Pascha (the Passion of Christ). For this pilgrimage, Egyptian Christians (Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical) leave Cairo by the thousands on daily flights to Israel. Egypt’s airlines have increased departures to…
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That Jew died for you
Jesus has often been wrongly associated with the perpetrators of the Holocaust. In reality, he is to be identified with those who were the victims. As a Jew, if he were in Europe at the time, Jesus may well have suffered the same fate of the six million who perished in the concentration camps. Jewish…
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Celebrate Israel Parade and the changing of the guards
By RON JAGER— Celebrate Israel Parade known in the past as the Israel Day Parade will be marching June 1st for its 50th consecutive year, under the shadow of allowing Jewish groups and Jewish organizations that assist and support the economic and political boycott of Israel. Under the leadership of UJA Federation of NY, this…
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Replacement Theology: I tell you the Truth!
ROMANS 9 I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit— 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my…
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Spot Report: Will the U.S. be relevant in WWIII?
Think on this: “The calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God’s commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12) Pray on this: Father, grant us grace to stand and endure what ever befalls us by your sovereign plans. Guide, guard and protect your people. “Surely O Yahweh you bless…
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Wish I’d said that
“One can know a great deal about God without much knowledge of Him.”–-J.I. Packer, Knowing God
Video: Passover story
The Passover Story in Six Minutes
Scripture reading for April 19, 2014
Torah: Exodus 33:12 – 34:26, “Pasach” (Passover…) Haftorah: Song of Songs New Testament: I Corinthians 15:20 -23 Gospel: Luke 22:1 – 22, “Pesach” (Passover …)
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Passover is for freedom
By CAROLINE GLICK— Passover, which begins on Monday night, is the festival of freedom. The holiday reminds us of the brutal enslavement of the Jews by Pharaoh and the Egyptians. We recall their midnight flight from Egypt, pursued by the mighty Egyptian army, and God’s miraculous rescue of the Jews at the shores of the…
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Who is responsible for the suffering of the Palestinians?
By MICHAEL BROWN— There is no doubt that there is real suffering among the Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank (which is actually ancient Judea and Samaria). The question is who, precisely, is most responsible for their suffering? Certainly, Israel is far from blameless in its treatment of the Palestinians, and it helps…
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In Bethlehem, the wrong kind of Christian festival
By LUKE MOON, JUICY ECUMENISM— Over the past several decades, some of the most steadfast backers of Israel have been Christians, particularly in the United States. But opponents of Israel are well aware of this and, not content with working against the Jewish state in other institutions, they have changed their tactics accordingly, working overtime…
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Blood moons and prophetic confusion
By AVNER BOSKEY, FINAL FRONTIER MINISTRIES— The prophetic significance of the four lunar eclipses occurring on Jewish biblical feast days in 2014-15 has become a recent focus on the internet and even a best seller on Amazon. A few voices are suggesting that the so-called ‘blood moons’ are a portent of earth-shaking prophetic significance regarding…
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Spot Report: Anti-semitism’s most prominent Christian source
Think on this: “The gifts and the callings of God are irrevocable.”… “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…
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Video tribute: In loving Memory of Patricia Hutchens
In loving memory of Martha Patricia Mercer Hutchens February 22, 1937 – March 31, 2014 Song written and composed by Andrew McKain
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